2 Triple-A right-handers who ranked among the better potential customers in the Rays pitching-rich system might seem like a steep rate for a rental player, even one as gifted as Nelson Cruz. As always, the Rays have more pitching coming. According to major-league sources, they jumped on Cruz eight days prior to the trade deadline, in part, due to the fact that they picked up pressure from other clubs, consisting of a most surprising suitor– the Padres.Cruz, 41, has not played a defensive position considering that 2018, but the Padres desired him even though, as a National League team, they play without a DH.