Nelson Cruz was officially introduced to the media this morning in Sarasota and a group of his new teammates showed up to support their new outfielder/DH.
“That means they care about their teammates,” Cruz said according to MASN’s Roch Kubatko. “From experience, I know the closer you are to your teammates, the better you’re going to perform on the field. We are now a family and we’re going to stick together the whole time.”
Cruz tweeted a picture of Nick Markakis, Adam Jones and Manny Machado at the press conference, thanking Jones for his support.
Thanks for the support @SimplyAJ10 pic.twitter.com/3WQVfQ1yU7
— Nelson Cruz (@ncboomstick23) February 25, 2014
Also, are those camo long johns?
I think the bigger note is the Markakis was there. Markakis has been very outspoken about players who juice, but said all the right things when Cruz was signed. This backs up the talk rather convincingly.