Want to know who has hit the most home runs in the major leagues since 2009?
Not Giancarlo Stanton, not Bryce Harper nor Mike Trout.
Nelson Cruz.
He launched the first pitch he saw of the 2018 season for a Cruz missile, a towering shot over the center field wall for a two-run home run – coming on a middle-of-the-plate cutter against the Cleveland Indians’ two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber, no less.
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