The Pittsburgh Pirates will call up Oneil Cruz today, finally giving their top prospect his shot in the majors.
At this point, Cruz is unlikely to reach Super Two, and would be under team control through the 2028 season. Major League Baseball added a new rule in the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement, giving a full year of service time to the players who finish top two in Rookie of the Year voting.
Obviously that’s a possibility for a prospect with an impact bat like Cruz.
To get an idea of how big of a possibility that could be, we all weighed in on Cruz’s chances in a special version of Prospect Roundtable.