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Adopted - Enrique Cruz

MFS62 Apr 07 2006 08:24 AM

I'm happy to see that he is back with the Mets. He was lost on the Rule V draft after being one of the best amateur prospects ever signed out of the DR. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/enrique-cruz.shtml If you've never read about him, let me recount exactly why he was so highly regarded. In his last two seasons of amateur baseball (equivalent to a very good high school or AAU league in the US) he: Won the triple crown Hit 47 home runs in about 250 at bats (that is NOT a misprint). I notice that he is listed as a righthended hitter, but I remember that he was a switch hitter when they signed him. I wonder which organization changed that? I feel his skills deteriorated while spending a full year on the Milwaukee bench. I hope he gets a chance of putting his career back on track. Welcome to my family, Enrique. Later

MFS62 Apr 07 2006 08:31 AM

From Last Year's Nashville Sounds press guide: ]Acquired: Selected by Brewers from Mets in Rule 5 major league draft on 12/16/02 Bio: 8th professional season … Brewers are his 2nd organization … Was a member of Milwaukee’s 40-man roster in 2003 … Ranked 8th among Southern League hitter with a .300 average in 2005 … Career-best 28-game hitting streak in 2004 set High Desert franchise record. 2005 SEASON Spent the entire season with Huntsville (AA-Brewers) and finished among Southern League leaders in several batting and fielding categories Batted .300 (149-for-496) with 14 home runs and 60 RBIs in 137 games His .300 average tied for 8th in the circuit, ranked second among Stars players, and was his best effort since a .306 mark in rookie ball (1999) Led Huntsville and ranked among SL leaders in games (2nd-137), hits (2nd-149), total bases (3rd-231), and doubles (3rd-34) His 149 hits and 34 doubles were the 9th-highest single-season totals in Huntsville history Established single-season career highs in games played, hits, doubles, & triples Led all SL shortstops in games (135), total chances (611), putouts (188), assists (386), and errors (37) Led Huntsville with 42 multi-hit games, including 10 three-hit contests (season-high) Compiled a .939 fielding percentage (37 E in 611 TC) Batted .367 (58-for-158) against lefties but hit only .269 against right-handers Batted only .260 with runners in scoring position (34-for-131) Enjoyed his best month at the plate in April, when he batted .346 (27-for-78) Followed the hot start up with a .231 May average (24-for-104), his lone month with a sub-.297 average Enjoyed his best night of the season on 5/23 at Carolina when he belted two home runs and tallied a career-high six RBIs during a 3-for-4 effort Batted .378 (17-for-45) during a season-best 11-game hitting streak from 6/14-6/26 Homered in back-to-back games on two occasions (6/25-6/26 & 7/6-7/7) Posted a second double-digit hit streak, a 10-gamer from 6/30-7/9 (14-for-37, .378) Named Southern League Batter-of-the-Week for the 7/4-7/10 period (.360, 9-for-25) Batted .311 (57-for-183) after the All-Star break Hit safely in 13 of 14 games from 8/21-9/3 (20-for-55, .364) Played winter ball in his native Dominican Republic; batted .158 (3-for-19) in eight games for Escogido Later

MFS62 Apr 07 2006 12:30 PM

oops, never mind. It looks like this is not the same Enrique Cruz we lost in the draft. This is apparently the one we got -an ex-Yankee farmhand who isn't very good: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/enrique-cruz-1.shtml But I'll keep this thread here for a while. I would NOT adopt this other guy. LAter

JoeH33 May 26 2006 11:21 PM

Just a note on Cruz. He was traded by the Brewers to the Texas Rangers a few weeks ago for left hander Brian Shouse. He really had no place in the Brewers future plans due to our glut in middle infielders at the major league level (Weeks, Hardy, Hall).