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BYB 2021 Detroit Tigers prospects #23: Infielder Trei Cruz was trending up before baseball shut down - Bless You Boys
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Tigers Talk: Jake Rogers is finding his footing, and he's having fun doing it - The Athletic
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Detroit Tigers' Chris Fetter could be top candidate for Michigan
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Bryan Price, longtime coach, happily stepped away from modern MLB
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Detroit Tigers' Chip Hale accepts job as University of Arizona coach
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José Cruz Jr. - Wikipedia
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All-access with Rice head coach José Cruz Jr. for the first day of fall baseball
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Jose Cruz Jr. aims to take Rice back to baseball pinnacle
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Hale leaves Tigers to become head coach at Arizona
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New tasks will help Detroit Tigers' George Lombard develop
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José Cruz Jr. Returns to Rice Baseball as Head Coach
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Jose Cruz Jr. would be perfect coach at alma mater Rice - Our Esquina