The Nelson Cruz trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Nelson Cruz has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.
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Nelson CruzNelson "Boomstick" Cruz Autograph on a 2006 Topps Co-Signers Baseball Card (#113) |
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Nelson Cruz Trades & TransactionsBaseball Trades & Transactions Involving Nelson Cruz |
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02-17-1998 | Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Mets (February 17, 1998). |
08-30-2000 | Traded by New York Mets to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jorge Velandia (August 30, 2000). |
12-16-2004 | Traded by Oakland Athletics with Justin Lehr to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Keith Ginter (December 16, 2004). |
07-28-2006 | Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Carlos Lee to Texas Rangers in exchange for Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench, Francisco Cordero and Julian Cordero (July 28, 2006). |
10-31-2013 | Granted free agency (October 31, 2013). |
02-24-2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent. |
12-04-2014 | Seattle Mariners signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent. |
01-02-2019 | Minnesota Twins signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent. |
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Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?
The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.
Baseball trades & transactions, like the Nelson Cruz trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.