As soon as Nelson Cruz signed his 1-year/$15M free agent deal with Washington this March, there was chatter about what the Nationals would eventually flip the 42-year-old veteran of 18 big league seasons for at the trade deadline.
Cruz has struggled at the plate at times, but he’s had good stretches as well. He sat out of last night’s game after an 0 for 3 night in the series opener in Dodger Stadium, which left him hitless (0 for 14) in four games out of this year’s All-Star Break.
“His timing is a little off,” Martinez said, after 16 games in July in which Cruz has put up a tough .