Introducing your newest Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder, 6-foot-7 Oneil Cruz. I think we’ve met before, albeit you were a shortstop as of 72 hours ago.
The Pirates made one of the most abrupt moves of the 2024 season on Monday when manager Derek Shelton formally announced to the media, “I think as of right now, we’re looking at him (Cruz) as a center fielder.” The Pirates are committed to Cruz learning center field and becoming an outfielder. He’s done playing shortstop. The experiment is over.
Just eight days prior, the Pirates were adamant Cruz was their everyday guy at one of the sport’s most important positions. Things changed a
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