Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz is not going to go back this season, supervisor Derek Shelton introduced on Tuesday all the way through a radio display look. (The Pirates’ player development Twitter account has since confirmed as much.) Cruz, who has been sidelined since April 9 upcoming fracturing his left fibula, is predicted to report back to camp after spring with a blank invoice of fitness.

Cruz, 25 come October, were hopeful that he may go back to motion ahead of the season ended. He just lately suffered a setback, then again, stemming from left underpinning soreness he continued generation operating on a treadmill. 

“You don’t want it to happen, but it’s normal with the kind of surgery we had to have a little bit of a setback,” Cruz instructed MLB.com. “But we’re optimistic that we’re going to go back out again and do our best to get back as soon as possible.”

Cruz merely ran out of occasion from there, with each the Main and Minor League Baseball seasons nearing their conclusions. Instead than quicken him again, the Pirates determined to shift his center of attention to after season.

Cruz seemed in simply 9 video games this season upcoming completing 6th in Nationwide League Rookie of the Day Award balloting utmost occasion. In 98 occupation big-league video games, he’s batted .237/.302/.449 (108 OPS+) with 19 house runs and 13 stolen bases (on 17 makes an attempt). His contributions had been use an estimated 2.5 Wins Above Substitute, in line with Baseball Reference’s calculations. 

The Pirates input Tuesday with a 66-78 report at the ordinary season, striking them 3 video games up at the St. Louis Cardinals for fourth within the Nationwide League Central. The Pirates’ stream 45.8 successful proportion represents their best possible mark because the 2018 season, after they went 82-79. At minimal, they’ve ensured they’ll now not lose 100 or extra video games for a 3rd consecutive season.