Phillies Also Looking At RHP Cruz
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Mon, November 17, 2008 02:12 PM | Comments: 7
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We spoke about Doug Brocail and Russ Springer over the weekend, but now the Phillies are said to be investigating Juan Cruz as a bullpen option, according to Ken Mandel.
Cruz, who spent the last three years as a hot option for the Diamondbacks, went 4-0 with a 2.61 ERA last season.
Mandel points out that the Phils won’t have to wrestle with Type-A free agency rules if the free agents aren’t offered arbitration by their former teams. If the Phils sign either of Cruz, Brocail or Springer right now, they’d owe the former teams a supplemental draft pick.
Mandel adds the Phils probably won’t rush to sign a reliever.
Posts: 0 Griffin
Juan Cruz is good.
Posted: 02:27 PM on November 17, 2008
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Juan Cruz is also the youngest of the three Free Agent Relievers the Phillies are looking at. Just a thought, I bet they will sign the oldest of the three seeing as how that seems to be what we do whether it be Rudy, Alfonseca, Rhodes or Mesa over the last three years we always go older guys. Hopefully the scouting and health of these guys we be scrutinized.
Posted: 02:34 PM on November 17, 2008
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Cruz is better than Brocail or Springer but is still a type A free agent. I would like to have Cruz in the bullpen, hopefully he won’t be offered arbitration, although I doubt that would happen.
Posted: 03:22 PM on November 17, 2008
Posts: 0 joes
Jeremy Affeldt just resigned with the Giants for 8 million 2 years. Doesn’t that set the market pretty high for decent bull pen help?
Posted: 10:11 PM on November 17, 2008
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Pretty standard and a lot of insiders thought Affeldt was in the top 3 of relievers. The Phils are going to have to see who doesn’t get tendered, we don’t need a set-up guy as the bullpens already set-up so it’s a case of the best available guy who won’t loose us a top draft pick.
Posted: 08:20 AM on November 18, 2008
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Makes sense, thanks NJ.
Posted: 11:16 AM on November 18, 2008
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I wouldn’t turn down Cruz but don’t see the D-Backs not tendering him and if he does become a Phil we’d end up seeing one of the relievers completely fall off the map like with what happened to Eyre with the Cubs.
Posted: 11:20 AM on November 18, 2008