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MLB: Out of the park! Rookie Oneil Cruz connects HR and the ball leaves the Pirates stadium

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There is a time when the Dominican rookie Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates, makes perfect contact with a baseball that unleashes a spectator’s inner child. As the ball goes up, you don’t think about wRC+ or wOBA, or DRS or OAA, or xBA or xSLG. When the 2.01-meter-tall Cruz makes perfect contact with a … Read more

Oneil Cruz makes himself felt by force of hits

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Oneil Cruz makes himself felt by force of hits

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – There was no official distance for the travel of Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz’s second home run of the preseason. Exit velocity, angle of the ball, and expected batting average were also not measured. But the cannon shot did not need numbers to impress. It made a tremendous sound. He came out … Read more