Twins sign Nelson Cruz - 1 Year, 14mil w Club Option for 2020

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#Twins’ one-year, $14 million agreement with free-agent Nelson Cruz is pending a physical, source tells The Athletic.

 

The deal, as @DanHayesMLB said, includes a club option for 2020 worth $12 million ($300K buyout).

[ewitkows]

That's a lot of monry for a DH

[clancyphile]

Well, Nelson Cruz is quite the DH...

[wallus]

That's a lot of monry for a DH

 

I suppose but it's only a one year deal. The club option for the next season is very appealing as well.

[long ball]

Sure he's a DH, but he's been one of the best 10 hitters in the league over the past 5 or so years and he's been very consistent.

 

To add a true impact bat for just $14.3mm guaranteed isn't too shabby.

[JosephC]

It's an above average salary for a DH but not a crazy number. Take the 15 players that had the most DH at-bats for their respective American League clubs, and the average 2018 salary for those players was 11.66 million. Median number was 11 million. And those numbers ignore some other financial considerations. These figures do not account for a 6 million dollar signing bonus that was given to Salvador Perez (yes, led KC last year in DH at-bats) and a 5 million dollar signing bonus that was given to Edwin Encarnacion. Also does not account for things like the 20 million dollar posting fee to acquire Shohei Ohtani.

 

It's probably fair to say the going rate for a good DH these days is 12+ million.

[jerichoholicninja]

Was really hoping he would go to Houston to see what kind of HR numbers he would put up with the short LF porch. Target field is certainly going to suppress those HR totals, especially playing the month of April in 20 degrees and snow in Minneapolis.