Francisco Cruceta

Cruceta was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent, on May 20, 1999. He spent the next three seasons with the DSL Dodgers in the Dominican Summer League; in his last year he went 0–4 with 1.50 ERA. For 2002, the Dodgers brought Cruceta over to the Single-A South Georgia Waves, where he went 8–5, with a 2.80 ERA and three complete games. On July 28, 2002, the Dodgers, in the midst of a pennant race, traded Cruceta with Terry Mulholland and Ricardo Rodríguez to the Cleveland Indians for veteran pitcher Paul Shuey. The Indians assigned Cruceta to the Single-A Kinston Indians.\n', '

At Kinston, Cruceta started seven games, going 2–0 with a 2.50 ERA. In November, the Indians added him their 40-man roster, indicating their confidence in him. Nevertheless, Cruceta would not pitch in a major league game for the Indians until the end of the 2004 season. Cruceta began the 2003…