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The Impending Doom Facing Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz - FanBuzz
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2023 to be a big year for Oneil Cruz and Ke'Bryan Hayes tandem
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Oneil Cruz has come out of the gates a better defensive shortstop
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Oneil Cruz fractures ankle on collision vs. White Sox
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Oneil Cruz, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop sensation, is like
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He's a unicorn': Oneil Cruz makes a statement (at 118 mph) in
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After playing waiting game, Pirates No. 1 prospect Oneil Cruz
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Oneil Cruz's rehab of fractured left fibula has 'plateaued
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MLB History! Oneil Cruz Just Smoked Hardest-Hit Ball Ever Recorded
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Pirates' Oneil Cruz breaks record with 122.4 mile-per-hour rocket