Juan Cruz released

[Guest]

Hes been available for league min for 5 days now, and not so much as a rumor about him, so the GMs must know something that we dont. I know he had a rough go of it in the AL, but you never know if a return to the NL could be what he needs, so theres no reason not to go after him at that price.

 

A few post above yours says that he was not released on Friday and would not be available until today. I don't know if this is right or not but could also explain why he has not been picked up.

 

Right. Quite a few teams ahead of the Cubs on the waiver wire, I would imagine. Not sure if Cruz makes it that far. It's possible KC wanted someone to pick up way more of his contract in order to work out a trade, thus he'll be free to go to the first team that wants him.

 

Considering his history and his age, I'm guessing he gets snatched up pretty quickly for league minimum.

[SouthSideRyan]

Hes been available for league min for 5 days now, and not so much as a rumor about him, so the GMs must know something that we dont. I know he had a rough go of it in the AL, but you never know if a return to the NL could be what he needs, so theres no reason not to go after him at that price.

 

A few post above yours says that he was not released on Friday and would not be available until today. I don't know if this is right or not but could also explain why he has not been picked up.

 

Right. Quite a few teams ahead of the Cubs on the waiver wire, I would imagine. Not sure if Cruz makes it that far. It's possible KC wanted someone to pick up way more of his contract in order to work out a trade, thus he'll be free to go to the first team that wants him.

 

Considering his history and his age, I'm guessing he gets snatched up pretty quickly for league minimum.

 

Nobody's going to claim Cruz off of waivers because they'd definitely wind up paying his entire contract.

[CubColtPacer]

Hes been available for league min for 5 days now, and not so much as a rumor about him, so the GMs must know something that we dont. I know he had a rough go of it in the AL, but you never know if a return to the NL could be what he needs, so theres no reason not to go after him at that price.

 

A few post above yours says that he was not released on Friday and would not be available until today. I don't know if this is right or not but could also explain why he has not been picked up.

 

Right. Quite a few teams ahead of the Cubs on the waiver wire, I would imagine. Not sure if Cruz makes it that far. It's possible KC wanted someone to pick up way more of his contract in order to work out a trade, thus he'll be free to go to the first team that wants him.

 

Considering his history and his age, I'm guessing he gets snatched up pretty quickly for league minimum.

 

Nobody's going to claim Cruz off of waivers because they'd definitely wind up paying his entire contract.

 

Yup. And from what Bruce said on his blog yesterday, it doesn't look like the Cubs are interested in him at all:

 

You never say never, but the Cubs don't have much interest. They don't like him as an eighth-inning guy, and they feel they have better than Cruz to get to Z and Marmol with. I don't see it unless something changes.

[Cubbie Swagger]

On ESPN, Cruz is listed at 6'2" 145 lbs. I knew the guy was skinny, but DAMN.

 

Of course this has essentially nothing to do with anything, it's just something I noticed while looking at his stats.

[biittner77]

Jim Hendry said

 

Signing Juan Cruz to a minor league deal to see if could be an effective reliever would be a low risk, low cost move. Therefore I won't even consider it. After all, we have 4 other starting pitchers that we can move to the pen if we have to.

[illiniguy]

On ESPN, Cruz is listed at 6'2" 145 lbs. I knew the guy was skinny, but DAMN.

 

Of course this has essentially nothing to do with anything, it's just something I noticed while looking at his stats.

No way is Juan Cruz 6 foot 2. I was at the K the other day and he walked right by my in the parking lot. He was picking up his stuff the day after he was released. I'd be suprised if he was even 6 foot.

[Derwood]

Juan cruz is the next Pedro Martinez. Let's not let this opportunity to land a future hall of famer pass us by