He won the American League Championship Series MVP in 2011 and was the AL home run leader in 2014. Nelson Cruz was the AL RBI leader and won the Edgar Martinez Award in 2017. He has been an MLB All-Star in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018 and won the Silver Slugger Award in 2015 and 2017. Cruz won a Gold medal representing the Dominican Republic in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. In 2013 he was suspended 50 games by MLB for being involved in the Biogenesis baseball scandal. Cruz signed a four year deal with Seattle in 2014 worth $57 million and a one year deal with Minnesota in 2019 worth $14.3 million.