Pirates Prospects

WACTH: Oneil Cruz Crushes No-Doubt Homerun

Published

1 year ago

March 21, 2022

Oneil Cruz made his second appearance of the spring on Monday against the Rays. Just like in his first game, Cruz crushed a home run to right field, this one landing on top of a building beyond the right field fence.

Enjoy the Oneil Cruz bomb. And I mean BOMB. pic.twitter.com/OJ2gdaWx5U

— Pittsburgh Baseball Now (@pghbaseballnow) March 21, 2022

Cruz has again shown what makes him such a highly-touted prospect in the Pirates’ system. Similar to his first of the spring, Cruz belted a pitch that was down and was able to generate enough power on it for a no-doubt home run. Cruz also collected a single up the middle in his second at-bat, giving him his third hit in four spring at-bats.

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