Seven-time All-Star Nelson Cruz, who has 464 career home runs, is retiring after 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, he said during an appearance on "The Adam Jones Podcast."
Cruz, 43, told Jones that he would be competing this winter in the Dominican Professional Baseball League in what amounts to be a farewell tour.
"So this is the last we're seeing of Nelson Cruz?" Jones asked.
Said Cruz: "I think so, yeah."
Cruz was released by the San Diego Padres on July 10, approximately six months removed from signing a one-year, $1 million contract.