Nelson Cruz Signs a 4-Year/$57M Contract With the Mariners

[Jaypers]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: #Mariners in serious talks with Cruz. Report from @ElCaribeRD in DR says team is in agreement with him on four-year, $57M contract.

 

[Pine Tar]

Holy hell man.
Christmas come early for him

 

[Jaypers]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS
can confirm mariners have deal in place for cruz, as @ElCaribeRD 1st reported. and @jcrasnick 1st confirmed.

 

[Will Style 13]

blah should have known better than to think Baltimore who push to keep him. No way they'd put that much out there on him though.

 

[DaClyde]

I think somewhere the gods of baseball got Nellie's and Panda's contracts mixed up.

 

[WCTYSON]

It pays to use PED's kids. Overpay by the Mariners for a home run hitter and signed him until he is 38. I realize the Mariners are hard up for offense but this is a reach on a DH.

 

[markakis8]

Just thankful the O's were wise to let him walk. I was scared they would commit that money. Wouldn't mind giving $4 years $40 mil to Andrew Miller though.

 

[michaelstepper]

I'm not convinced as an M's fan this was a great move. A couple years maybe.. and I still have my suspicions of a guy serving a suspension to end a year because of PED use and come back the next and lead the league in Homers and RBI....

 

[All The Hype]

If you look at Miami's depth chart, it's full of some potent offensive names and a handful of former top prospects (LoMo, Ackley, Zunino, to name a few). Long term I'm not sure this will be a great move, but on paper they look pretty tough for 2015. They have a very good staff as well.