Where’s Nelson Cruz going to sign?

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Nelson Cruz has been a White Sox killer for the past two seasons with the Minnesota Twins, but the free-agent DH could find a new team this offseason. Where will he land? Could it be with the White Sox? Chuck Garfien and Vinnie Duber discuss how Cruz moving could affect the AL Central, the benefits of him hypothetically heading to the South Side, and why this year’s free-agent market is a particularly tricky one for designated hitters. (2:00) - Is there a chance the White Sox sign Nelson Cruz? (6:30) - Cruz has killed the AL Central (11:30) - Will the DH return to the National League in 2021? (20:00) - Will Rick Hahn make another big move? (28:10) - What this offseason’s free-agent deals could tell us about what unsigned players will get? (33:00) - Who will sign Cruz?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:09.2	Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:13.1	Coming to you, as always, by our friends at WinTrust.
0:17.7	Okay, we are almost in February, and Nelson Cruz is still a free agent. White Sox killer.
0:23.6	Nelson Cruz, still a free agent. The fate of the White Sox's biggest division rival is currently
0:32.6	hanging in the balance. Where is Cruz going to sign? The twins have to bring him back. They've got
0:39.4	to bring him back. No-brainer. But what if they don't? What if another team gives him what
0:47.3	he's asking for or something close to it? And he ends up signing somewhere else. What is that
0:53.4	going to do to the twins?
0:56.4	And could you imagine if the team that signs him, yes, is the White Sox.
1:03.5	They are shivering at the thought of this right now in Minnesota.
1:07.2	So here in the podcast, Vinnie Dober and I are going to talk about Nelson Cruz's market.
1:13.1	What's it going to take to sign them?
1:15.4	Who's going to sign them?
1:17.1	And if the socks could be in the mix,
1:19.6	for one of the best hitters in the game.
1:24.0	That is coming your way on the white socks talk podcast white socks white socks
1:30.4	go go white sox he's way back
1:34.3	holy cow colton friss has put the white socks ahead
1:41.4	and manas leaves the ballpark.
1:46.7	You can put it on the board.
1:47.6	Yes.
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