On October 4, 1998, Oneil Cruz, a Dominican baseball shortstop and third baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, was born. (MLB). He made his Major League Baseball debut in 2021.
Cruz signed as an international free agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in July 2015, receiving a $950,000 signing bonus. Cruz made his professional debut in 2016, hitting.294 with 23 RBIs in 55 games with the DSL Dodgers 1. With the Great Lakes Loons, he began the 2017 season.
In 2018, he played for the West Virginia Black Bears, batting .286 with 14 home runs and 56 RBIs in 103 games, earning South Atlantic League All-Star honors. Cruz began 2019 with the Class A-Advanced with a .298 batting AVG. 0 home runs in 3 games.
Then was promoted to the Bradenton Marauders and in 35 games he hit 7 Homeruns, batting AVG was .301 also with an OBP of .345.
Then was promoted to Double-A Altoona Curve on July 30 with a stat line of 1 home run a .269 batting AVG and an OBP% of .346 in 35 games. He missed two months during the season after suffering a fractured foot.
On March 29, 2022, it was announced that Cruz would not make the team out of Spring Training and was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis to begin the year. Over five spring training games, he batted .333 with two home runs.
Oneil Cruz is currently not married, we do not have any information about his prior relationships, and he also has no children at the moment.