After spending months watching free agency from the dugout, the Baltimore Orioles have decided to join in the action in the bottom of the ninth.
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Orioles have signed free-agent outfielder Nelson Cruz to a one-year deal.
Source confirms Cruz deal with #Orioles, 1 yr, $8M. Will earn extra $750K for being on active roster most of season. @Enrique_Rojas1 first.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 22, 2014
With this addition the Orioles’ offense just got a whole lot scarier. As for Cruz, he’ll be looking to secure a long-term deal after the season so it wouldn’t be surprising if he had a monster year.