SS Elvis Andrus may not be the only Ranger to get a multi-year contract this week. According to a major league source, the club is close with OF Nelson Cruz on a two-year deal that would eliminate his scheduled arbitration hearing next week. The 2-year deal with Cruz, who is seeking $7.5 million via arbitration, would allow the Rangers to avoid an arbitration hearing with him again next winter. The Rangers offered Cruz $5.5 million this year, making the midpoint between the two offers $6.5 million. With a signing bonus, Andrus received the exact midpoint ($3.125 million) for 2012. A comparable player for Cruz might be San Diego's Carlos Quentin, who went from $3.6 million in his first year of salary arbitration to $5.05 million in 2011 and $7.025 million for 2012. Cruz made $3.6 million last year and, if the two-year deal is consummated, would likely go to about $6 million or $6.5 million for 2012. Given the incremental difference in salaries at similar stages, it would seem Cruz would get about $1-1.5 million more than Quentin for his final year of arbitration. That would bring the total package to somewhere between $14-15 million. http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/source-rangers-cruz-close-on-t.html --

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