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Pittsburgh Pirates Minors: Oneil Cruz Promoted To Double-A

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is just two days away. Two years ago on the July 31st trade deadline the Pittsburgh Pirates traded left-handed reliever Tony Watson to the Los Angeles Dodgers. In return the Pirates received Angel German and Oneil Cruz.

At the time, both German and Cruz looked like fliers. This made sense as Watson was set to hit free agency and was having the worst season of his career. However, since joining the Pirate organization Cruz has done nothing but hit. This has turned him into one of the Pirates top prospects, as well as one of the top 100 prospects in baseball.