USA. -MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. announced that Major League Baseball has named Nelson Cruz as a consultant in a new special advisor role for Baseball Operations.
Cruz will serve as a liaison to MLB on several topics, primarily focusing on Latin America, the Dominican Republic, and the growth of the current Major League player relations function.
“Nelson Cruz is a respected voice in the game, whose extraordinary service to youth, and people in need in the Dominican Republic, has earned him the Roberto Clemente Award. Cruz has a great passion for the growth of the game, improving the conditions of the players and our sport in general. We are confident that he will be a great resource to many people around our game, especially in the Dominican Republic,” said Commissioner Manfred.
“I am very happy to be a part of Major League Baseball. Since I signed as a player as a teenager, I have always been deeply interested in issues affecting the country, and the game of baseball in general. I am very excited to be able to work with the commissioner’s office, and to have the opportunity to work with young players, sharing with them everything I have learned since I signed in 1998,” Cruz said.
Nelson Cruz He was selected to the All-Star Game seven times during his 19-year Major League career, batting .274 with 464 home runs, 1,325 RBIs and a .513 slugging percentage.
He also finished among the ten most voted players for the American League Most Valuable Player five times. Cruz was the American League Championship Series MVP for the Texas Rangers in 2011.
He twice won the Edgar Martínez Award for best designated hitter, achieving it in 2017 with the Seattle Mariners and in 2019 with the Minnesota Twins.
He was also a member of the first team All-MLB Team in 2019 and the second team in 2020. He reached the postseason seven times with four different teams, including two appearances in the World Series in 2010 and 2011.
Cruz was also a player and general manager of the team that represented the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic.
2024-05-18 17:53:01
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