The baseball star’s case was dismissed after the families of the deceased were allegedly paid to withdraw claims made against him

Jared Jones struck out eight, Oneil Cruz homered into the Allegheny River and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on

And no one is more important to that effort than the Pittsburgh Pirates slugger

Six years ago, Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder and shortstop Oneil Cruz faced criminal charges for his involvement in a motor vehicle crash in his native Dominican Republic that killed three people riding on a motorcycle.

Oneil Cruz unfurled his long, powerful limbs and stared. He knew it was gone. Everyone knew it was gone. A Statcast recalculation would cost Cruz 34 feet in home run distance, but let’s be honest: There’s usually plenty to spare.

Before he became a Pirates slugger, Oneil Cruz allegedly paid a fixer $66,000 to make a fatal crash case disappear.

After playing large chunks of the season without Oneil Cruz and Konnor Griffin, the Pittsburgh Pirates can only wonder what their season would have been like if their two most dynamic players had been healthy.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking like a serious playoff contender this season, and it's thanks to a lot of their offseason moves with Brandon Lowe and Ryan O'Hearn. Konnor Griffin has been a huge plus as well, but the most noteworthy development for this ...

Oneil Cruz's barrel perfectly met a hanging sweeper from Brewers starter Logan Henderson, belting the ball into the right-field seats for the Pirates' 172nd home run of the season. While cutting Pitts