Juan Cruz News

The Diamondbacks offered salary arbitration to three of their five free-agent players hours before Monday's deadline.

The Giants' pursuit of free-agent second baseman Orlando Hudson, previously considered casual, is apparently serious.

Ruben Amaro Jr. has finalized his front office staff. A baseball source said last night that Amaro will hire Scott Proefrock , Baltimore's director of baseball administration, as an assistant general manager.

Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. has finalized his front office staff. A baseball source said last night that Amaro will hire Scott Proefrock, Baltimore's director of baseball administration, as an ...

Former Cub Jacque Jones is hungry enough to extend his career that he's playing in the Mexican League.

Working ahead, the Diamondbacks exercised right-hander Jon Rauch's option for the 2010 season on Friday, securing him for the next two seasons.

The nation's economic slowdown won't have much of an impact on the very best of the 184 major league players who are currently eligible for free agency.

Free agents aren't allowed to sign with other teams for another two weeks, but on the first day of the filing period, there was a sense that several of the Diamondbacks' free agents are already gone.

Diamondbacks right-hander Juan Cruz and middle infielder David Eckstein filed for free agency Thursday, the first day players could enter the free-agent pool.

Diamondbacks reliever Juan Cruz and infielder David Eckstein were among the 65 players to file for free agency on Thursday, the first day in which players were able to do so.

Again, getting straight to it: these are the guys that aren't big names, but players who could conceivably be answers in the Mets pen: The Surest Bets Juan Cruz IP H HR ERA K BB 2008 51.0 34 5 2.61 71 31 Career ...

So what are the poor, pathetic, sidelined Mets to do as they approach roster decisions this winter? At first glance, their options for building a team that can play consistently good baseball for an entire ...

Chad Tracy's pinch-hit, two-run double in the eighth inning was the difference as the Arizona Diamondbacks edged Colorado, 6-4, in the first of three games with the Rockies.

Eric Byrnes is under a $30 million, three-year contract, and he's miserable. Orlando Hudson may be the best cheerleader in the major leagues but hates every minute of it.

Adam Dunn's RBI single in the eighth inning capped a pitching duel between the young and old, as Arizona kept its footing in the NL West race with a 3-2 victory over San Francisco.

Eugenio Velez singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth and the San Francisco Giants dealt the stumbling Arizona Diamondbacks their fifth straight defeat with a 5-4 victory Tuesday night.

He came through twice, and that was enough for the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers .

Despite experiencing stiffness in his back in recent days, left-hander Doug Davis will make his scheduled start in Sunday afternoon's series finale against the Marlins.

Reynolds walked, Drew scored, Jackson to third, Dunn to second. Clark singled to left center, Jackson scored, Dunn to third, Reynolds to second.

Reliever Juan Cruz could be about six weeks away from being a free agent for the first time, and although he says he has no idea how things are going to unfold, he is looking forward to the experience.