{"id":183840,"date":"2019-10-30T07:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=183840"},"modified":"2019-10-30T07:33:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:33:29","slug":"cruz-returning-to-the-twins-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=183840","title":{"rendered":"Cruz returning to the Twins, next Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-183845\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cruzphoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cruzphoto.jpg 164w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cruzphoto-133x175.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ The Minnesota Twins have picked up their $12 million option on Nelson Cruz for next season.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old designated hitter agreed in January to a contract with a $14 million salary for 2019 and the club option. Cruz hit .311 with a team-high 41 homers and had 108 RBIs in 120 games. He spent two stints on the injured list for a wrist problem that led to a torn tendon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ The Minnesota Twins have picked up their $12 million option on Nelson Cruz for next season. The 39-year-old designated hitter agreed in January to a contract with a $14 million salary for 2019 and the club option. Cruz hit .311 with a team-high 41 homers and had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":92812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183840"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183846,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183840\/revisions\/183846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}