Nelson Cruz
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Sep 15, 2026
Kyle GlaserGUEST
but you look again-
Darren SmithHOST
Nelson Cruz
Marty CaswellHOST
Mm-hmm.
Marty CaswellHOST
Matt Carpenter
Kyle GlaserGUEST
... just like you would a draft class.
Kyle GlaserGUEST
[laughs] Yeah, Matt Carpenter and Nelson Cruz.
Marty CaswellHOST
Mm-hmm.
Kyle GlaserGUEST
They haven't been 100%, but just as you evaluate a draft class or anything, if you're 70, 80%, you're pretty damn good, and that's really where the Padres have been when you look at the whole picture.
Jason MackeyHOST
But he said, it's an incredible honor.
Jason MackeyHOST
I was there when Nelson Cruz won it.
Jason MackeyHOST
Just seeing the impact nominees have and the stuff they do around it.
Jason MackeyHOST
It's an incredible honor just to be considered, let alone be the nominee for the team.
Allan JepsenHOST
Does it still happen? I thought I saw that down in the Dominican and the Winter Leagues, we still see some of the older players.
Ernie WilliamsHOST
Wasn't Nelson Cruz a player GM
Michael MondragonGUEST
in
Ernie WilliamsHOST
the Dominican League a couple years ago?
Mike SalkHOST
They have had some.
Mike SalkHOST
And Nelson Cruz certainly didn't slow down as he got older here, and some other players-
Jeff PassanGUEST
A-
Brock HuardHOST
Did he have to travel this schedule, though?
AJ PierzynskiHOST
'Cause I was at that.
AJ PierzynskiHOST
That was, that was the, that was the Nelson Cruz, the, the, uh, uh, uh, the triple and then the, and then the, the walk-off homer, game six, right?
Adrián BeltréGUEST
Yeah.
Adrián BeltréGUEST
I was not there for 2010.
Adrián BeltréGUEST
And at that time, I became a little more aware about where I supposed to be playing, and I didn't check the outfield.
Adrián BeltréGUEST
I normally do that, check the outfield, make sure they are in the right position, and I just kept my mind too, and the coaches I guess missed it too.
Adrián BeltréGUEST
And when Freese, when the, David hit that ball, I thought that it was right at Nelson Cruz, but then I realized he was not playing deep enough.
Adrián BeltréGUEST
And, you know, I just see the ball hit the wall that I couldn't believe it, you know.
Mike SalkHOST
They have had some.
Mike SalkHOST
I mean, Nelson Cruz certainly didn't slow down as he got older here, and some other players-
Brock HuardHOST
Did he have to travel this schedule, though?
Mike SalkHOST
Yeah.
Ben MallerHOST
I'll give a random example.
Ben MallerHOST
Nelson Cruz, baseball player for the Texas Rangers, a bunch of other teams.
Ben MallerHOST
Nelson Cruz was a really good player.
Ben MallerHOST
Now, there are a couple things that defined him.
Ben MallerHOST
He was a steroid guy, if I remember correctly, and the Texas Rangers were in position to win the World Series against the Cardinals, and Nelson Cruz did not make a play in the outfield that would have, could have, should have wrapped things up for the Rangers.
Ben MallerHOST
Now, they eventually won the World Series, but at that time, it was like, oh, my goodness, what are you doing? And whenever I think of Barry Melrose, I will remember a little television monitor in the underbelly of Staples Center, the Kings about to become real kings of hockey, and somehow after all of those years, the kid with the microphone standing next to the, the man with the mullet, and it's a, it's a nice memory.
Ben MallerHOST
So rest in peace to Barry Melrose leaving this world too soon at the age of 70, but what a, what a wonderful time he had impacting people's lives.
Zach MasonHOST
But man, when he gets a hold of it, it is, it is not like anything we are used to seeing.
Zach MasonHOST
I mean, it's like, it's Nelson Cruz level power.
Zach MasonHOST
And we haven't had that in a while.
Ryan BlakeGUEST
I kind of felt this way when Kate Anderson came up too.
Ben MallerHOST
I'll give a random example.
Ben MallerHOST
Nelson Cruz, baseball player for the Texas Rangers, a bunch of other teams.
Ben MallerHOST
Nelson Cruz was a really good player.
Ben MallerHOST
Now, there are a couple things that defined him.
Ben MallerHOST
He was a steroid guy, if I remember correctly.
Ben MallerHOST
And the Texas Rangers were in position to win the World Series against the Cardinals.
Ben MallerHOST
And Nelson Cruz did not make a play in the outfield that would have, could have, should have wrapped things up for the Rangers.
Ben MallerHOST
Now, they eventually won the World Series.
Ben MallerHOST
I'll give a random example.
Ben MallerHOST
Nelson Cruz, baseball player for the Texas Rangers, a bunch of other teams.
Ben MallerHOST
Nelson Cruz was a really good player.
Ben MallerHOST
Now, there are a couple things that defined him.
Ben MallerHOST
He was a steroid guy, if I remember correctly.
Ben MallerHOST
And the Texas Rangers were in position to win the World Series against the Cardinals.
Ben MallerHOST
And Nelson Cruz did not make a play in the outfield that would have, could have, should have wrapped things up for the Rangers.
Ben MallerHOST
Now, they eventually won the World Series.
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