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Oneil Cruz Won't Return to Pirates This Season
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Pirates Rookie O'Neil Cruz Records Hardest Hit in Statcast History - Sports Illustrated
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Pirates SS O'Neil Cruz's 2023 return gets cast in doubt after latest injury update
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Revisiting Dodgers accidentally giving away top prospect to Pirates in 2017
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Oneil Cruz Undergoes Surgery; Pirates Anticipate Return in Four Months - Pirates Prospects
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Oneil Cruz injury update: Pirates shortstop won't return for 2023 MLB season after breaking leg
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Pirates SS prospect Oneil Cruz to start season at Triple A
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Fantasy Baseball June 21 Round Up: MLB Top Prospect Oneil Cruz Dazzles in 2022 Debut and Gerrit Cole Almost Throws No-No
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Growing pains almost completely behind them, the Pittsburgh Pirates eye contending in 2024
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Analyzing Andrew McCutchen's return to the Pirates
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Cruz unlikely to return this season after hitting plateau
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Oneil Cruz is inching closer to returning for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2023
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Baseball has never seen anyone like Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz - The Boston Globe
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Momentum is growing day by day for Pirates