P | New York Yankees
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 237 lbs | Age: 36
Draft: 2007 | Rd. 6, No. 186, Kansas City Royals | Puerto Rico Advancement College HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 3 8 4.86 69 3 0 66.2 109 1.34
2025 3 4 3.56 49 0 2 48 72 1.19
2026 4 6 2.81 57 0 2 51.1 63 1.32
5 Seasons 11 21 3.98 247 7 4 246.2 363 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 69 3-8 4.86 66.2 109 1.34
2025 49 3-4 3.56 48 72 1.19
2026 57 4-6 2.81 51.1 63 1.32
5 Seasons 247 11-21 3.98 246.2 363 1.26
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
xBA xSLG wOBA xwOBA xwOBAcon HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2022 32 260 33 1 3.0 1.6 87.8 108.5 11.8 33.3 .191 .277 .263 .279 .332 33.3 32.8 14.1 1.23 3.13
2023 33 1120 150 15 10.1 5.4 89.1 112.7 17.0 38.7 .199 .370 .290 .289 .396 41.3 35.1 10.0 4.91 3.48
2024 34 1138 143 14 9.9 4.9 88.7 112.3 13.9 41.3 .219 .387 .307 .311 .459 44.1 37.8 12.2 4.86 3.94
2025 35 792 101 9 8.9 4.5 87.5 113.3 16.5 41.6 .198 .332 .281 .288 .384 38.6 36.0 12.0 3.56 3.41
2026 36 881 123 10 8.1 4.6 86.1 108.6 21.5 28.5 .183 .311 .294 .278 .315 24.4 28.8 14.2 2.81 3.20
Player 4191 550 49 8.9 4.7 87.9 113.3 16.8 37.3 .201 .350 .292 .292 .388 37.3 34.6 12.1
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .243 .407 .315 .316 .369 37.1 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cruz relies on 4 pitches.
Split Finger
(51.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.9%) ,
Slider
(13.4%) ,
Sinker
(3.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 42.4 57.6 30.3 21.2 6.1 36.4 42.4 21.2 15.2 18.2 9.1 21.2 24.2 12.1
2023 30.7 70.0 34.7 28.0 7.3 44.0 31.3 24.7 13.3 10.7 6.0 30.7 20.7 18.7
2024 35.7 64.3 26.6 30.1 7.7 44.8 36.4 18.9 21.0 10.5 4.2 23.8 25.9 14.7
2025 39.6 60.4 27.7 24.8 7.9 45.5 36.6 17.8 19.8 14.9 5.0 25.7 21.8 12.9
2026 33.3 66.7 34.1 17.9 14.6 43.1 36.6 20.3 18.7 10.6 4.1 24.4 26.0 16.3
Player 34.9 65.3 30.9 25.3 9.1 43.8 35.5 20.7 17.8 11.8 5.1 26.0 23.6 15.6
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.2 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.8 19.7 19.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 6.1 27.3 27.3 30.3 6.1 3.0 1.6
2023 4.7 22.7 33.3 21.3 7.3 10.1 5.4
2024 5.6 24.5 25.9 28.0 5.6 9.9 4.9
2025 5.0 27.7 22.8 24.8 10.9 8.9 4.5
2026 6.5 22.8 41.5 16.3 4.9 8.1 4.6
Player 5.5 24.4 30.9 23.1 6.9 8.9 4.7
MLB 4.0 32.2 25.0 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 281 93.2 14.5 0.6 5.4ARM -1.7 17.1 1.4 5.4ARM -2.4
2026 Sinker NYY R 26 92.6 18.4 -3.9 13.5ARM -0.8 13.6 -6.0 13.5ARM -1.6
2026 Split-Finger NYY R 456 80.0 41.4 1.8 4.1ARM -2.4 1.4 1.6 4.1ARM -7.2
2026 Slider NYY R 118 82.3 36.0 -3.4 12.6GLV 7.9 4.4 -3.0 12.6GLV 8.9
2025 Split-Finger NYY R 479 80.6 41.9 3.4 4.5ARM -2.7 0.1 3.0 4.5ARM -6.8
2025 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 153 93.9 13.7 0.7 6.0ARM -1.0 17.5 1.7 6.0ARM -1.6
2025 Sinker NYY R 113 93.0 18.0 -4.0 14.2ARM -0.4 13.6 -6.2 14.2ARM -0.9
2025 Slider NYY R 47 82.4 40.0 1.0 8.1GLV 3.7 0.5 1.3 8.1GLV 3.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 Split-Finger 0.7 3 456 51.8 128 .159 .283 .243 51.5 44.5 30.0 .136 .227 .213 21.1
2026 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 281 31.9 67 .309 .491 .396 14.6 7.5 14.7 .288 .517 .395 29.4
2026 Slider 1.6 2 118 13.4 15 .182 .182 .307 35.0 0.0 0.0 .169 .215 .308 9.1
2026 Sinker 3.9 1 26 3.0 7 .000 .000 .200 10.0 14.3 33.3 .140 .152 .290 50.0
2025 Split-Finger 1.3 6 479 60.5 128 .178 .280 .243 56.6 49.2 35.2 .150 .260 .215 38.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 5 153 19.3 38 .103 .207 .247 26.1 18.4 31.8 .269 .487 .391 47.8
2025 Sinker -3.9 -4 113 14.3 31 .364 .545 .482 10.3 3.2 50.0 .373 .529 .480 28.6
2025 Slider -1.6 -1 47 5.9 3 .333 1.333 .667 38.5 33.3 100.0 .075 .232 .124 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 4-Seam Fastball 281 93.2 90 17.5 1:00 12:30 30
2026 Split-Finger 379 80.0 45 5.9 1:45 3:00 -75
2026 Sinker 26 92.6 91 19.1 12:45 1:30 -45
2026 Slider 118 82.3 40 14.0 8:45 9:30 -45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 153 93.9 91 18.1 1:00 12:45 15
2025 Split-Finger 387 80.6 39 6.4 1:45 3:30 -105
2025 Sinker 111 93.0 92 19.6 12:45 1:45 -60
2025 Slider 47 82.4 43 9.2 8:30 8:45 -15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 64 260 3 3 0 -2 4
2023 279 1,120 7 9 -8 -5 4
2024 286 1,138 1 10 -3 -6 2
2025 200 792 3 6 0 -3 6
2026 217 881 6 7 -3 -4 5
Player 1,046 4,191 20 35 -14 20 21
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 260 39.2 68.6 75.7 31.0 42.9 41.9 56.3 45.8 37.8 6.5 76.5
2023 1,120 45.1 70.7 76.5 31.1 44.5 39.7 54.5 48.9 34.5 7.1 81.3
2024 1,138 45.0 67.4 76.5 29.9 34.8 39.7 59.8 46.7 38.2 7.1 77.8
2025 792 41.2 60.1 75.0 30.9 24.3 38.3 55.5 42.9 46.5 7.3 62.1
2026 881 42.7 63.0 76.8 29.1 36.1 37.0 58.3 43.6 38.8 5.8 72.5
Player 4,191 43.5 66.2 76.3 30.3 36.1 39.0 57.0 45.9 38.7 6.8 74.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.7 28.6 57.9 42.6 61.2 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2022 57 60 93
2023 55 18 54 97 79 54 48 47 75 94 99 26 18 35 4 79
2024 54 14 43 96 52 59 59 53 62 99 99 7 12 10 13 80
2025 35 24 92
2026 66 46 67 82 83 28 36 94 35 99 87 3 40 100 9 86
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 22.30 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 22.45 6 6.8 -1 6 7 2 33.3
2024 25.18 9 8.7 0 1 5 6 66.7
2025 21.59 5 5.1 0 6 5 1 20.0
2026 22.34 5 6.0 -1 3 6 2 40.0
Player 23.20 26 27.6 -2 16 24 11 42.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 6 6 5 4 8 5 9 6 6 5 9 11 5 7 8 6 10 6 6 9 6 6 9 6 7 4 6 8 7 8 6
2024 9 8 7 9 9 9 11 8 9 8 9 10 8 7 10 7 9 6 9 11 10 9 11 11 6 8 9 9 8 8 9
2025 5 6 4 3 3 5 4 3 3 5 4 7 7 9 5 3 8 4 4 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 3 6 6 6 3
2026 5 6 5 4 5 7 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 9 6 6 7 4 6 8 6 8 8 7 4 3 5 7 7 6 5
Player 26 26 22 21 26 27 31 22 25 25 29 35 27 33 30 23 35 21 26 35 29 31 35 32 24 21 24 31 29 29 24
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .201 +.009 .192 -.024 .216 +.005 .211 +.044 .167
xBA .183 -.015 .198 -.021 .219 +.020 .199 +.008 .191
OBP .320 +.020 .300 -.014 .314 +.019 .295 -.002 .297
xOBP .305 .000 .305 -.012 .317 +.032 .285 -.032 .317
SLG .332 +.012 .320 -.068 .388 +.022 .366 +.107 .259
xSLG .311 -.021 .332 -.055 .387 +.017 .370 +.093 .277
ISO .130 +.002 .128 -.044 .172 +.018 .154 +.061 .093
xISO .128 -.007 .135 -.033 .168 -.003 .171 +.085 .086
BABIP .271 -.021 .292 -.046 .338 +.019 .319 +.069 .250
wOBA .294 +.013 .281 -.026 .307 +.017 .290 +.027 .263
xwOBA .278 -.010 .288 -.023 .311 +.022 .289 +.010 .279
wOBAcon .342 -.029 .371 -.080 .451 +.053 .398 +.098 .300
xwOBAcon .315 -.069 .384 -.075 .459 +.063 .396 +.064 .332
BACON .301 -.026 .327 -.053 .380 +.033 .347 +.074 .273
xBACON .274 -.063 .337 -.051 .388 +.060 .328 +.016 .312
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 24.4 -14.2 38.6 -5.5 44.1 +2.8 41.3 +8.0 33.3
Avg Exit Velocity 86.1 -1.4 87.5 -1.2 88.7 -0.4 89.1 +1.3 87.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 28.5 -13.1 41.6 +0.3 41.3 +2.6 38.7 +5.4 33.3
Barrel % 8.1 -0.8 8.9 -1.0 9.9 -0.2 10.1 +7.1 3.0
Avg Launch Angle 21.5 +5.0 16.5 +2.6 13.9 -3.1 17.0 +5.2 11.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.7 +0.4 71.3 +0.1 71.2 +0.4 70.8 -- --
Attack Angle 16° -1° 17° +3° 14° 14° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 44.7 -2.9 47.6 +0.6 47.0 -1.3 48.3 -- --
Attack Direction -16° +2° -18° -7° -11° +1° -12° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 32° +1° 32° 32° +1° 31° -- --
Swing Length 7.7 -0.1 7.8 +0.2 7.6 +0.1 7.5 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.1 -0.4 93.5 +1.5 92.0 +0.3 91.7 +2.2 89.5
Breaking Velocity 82.3 -0.1 82.4 -0.2 82.6 -0.7 83.3 -- --
Offspeed Velocity 80.0 -0.6 80.6 -0.9 81.5 +0.1 81.4 -0.3 81.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 10 +1 9 -5 14 -1 15 +14 1
Popup % 14.6 +6.7 7.9 +0.2 7.7 +0.4 7.3 +1.2 6.1
Flyball % 34.1 +6.4 27.7 +1.1 26.6 -8.1 34.7 +4.4 30.3
Line Drive % 17.9 -6.9 24.8 -5.3 30.1 +2.1 28.0 +6.8 21.2
Groundball % 33.3 -6.3 39.6 +3.9 35.7 +5.0 30.7 -11.7 42.4
Pull % 43.1 -2.4 45.5 +0.7 44.8 +0.8 44.0 +7.6 36.4
Straight Away % 36.6 0.0 36.6 +0.2 36.4 +5.1 31.3 -11.1 42.4
Opposite Field % 20.3 +2.5 17.8 -1.1 18.9 -5.8 24.7 +3.5 21.2
Weak Contact % 6.5 +1.5 5.0 -0.6 5.6 +0.9 4.7 -1.4 6.1
Pull Airball % 24.4 -1.3 25.7 +1.9 23.8 -6.9 30.7 +9.5 21.2
Topped Contact % 22.8 -4.9 27.7 +3.2 24.5 +1.8 22.7 -4.6 27.3
Under Contact % 41.5 +18.7 22.8 -3.1 25.9 -7.4 33.3 +6.0 27.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 16.3 -8.5 24.8 -3.2 28.0 +6.7 21.3 -9.0 30.3
Solid Contact % 4.9 -6.0 10.9 +5.3 5.6 -1.7 7.3 +1.2 6.1
HR/FB % 11.9 -6.0 17.9 -5.8 23.7 +12.2 11.5 +1.5 10.0
Popups 18 +10 8 -3 11 0 11 +9 2
Flyballs 42 +14 28 -10 38 -14 52 +42 10
Line Drives 22 -3 25 -18 43 +1 42 +35 7
Groundballs 41 +1 40 -11 51 +5 46 +32 14
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 42.7 +1.5 41.2 -3.8 45.0 -0.1 45.1 +5.9 39.2
Out of Zone % 57.3 -1.5 58.8 +3.8 55.0 +0.1 54.9 -5.9 60.8
Edge % 37.0 -1.3 38.3 -1.4 39.7 0.0 39.7 -2.2 41.9
Zone Swing % 63.0 +2.9 60.1 -7.3 67.4 -3.3 70.7 +2.1 68.6
Out of Zone Swing % 29.1 -1.8 30.9 +1.0 29.9 -1.2 31.1 +0.1 31.0
In Zone Contact % 76.8 +1.8 75.0 -1.5 76.5 0.0 76.5 +0.8 75.7
Out of Zone Contact % 36.1 +11.8 24.3 -10.5 34.8 -9.7 44.5 +1.6 42.9
Whiff % 38.8 -7.7 46.5 +8.3 38.2 +3.7 34.5 -3.3 37.8
First Strike % 58.3 +2.8 55.5 -4.3 59.8 +5.3 54.5 -1.8 56.3
First Pitch Swing % 31.7 +5.7 26.0 -7.6 33.6 -1.2 34.8 +6.7 28.1
Swing % 43.6 +0.7 42.9 -3.8 46.7 -2.2 48.9 +3.1 45.8
Meatball Swing % 72.5 +10.4 62.1 -15.7 77.8 -3.5 81.3 +4.8 76.5
Meatball % 5.8 -1.5 7.3 +0.2 7.1 0.0 7.1 +0.6 6.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 23.2 -1.8 25.0 +1.5 23.5 0.0 23.5 -0.8 24.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 63.9 -11.8 75.7 +10.5 65.2 +10.2 55.0 -2.1 57.1
In Zone 376 +50 326 -186 512 +7 505 +403 102
Out of Zone 505 +39 466 -160 626 +11 615 +457 158
Edge 326 +23 303 -149 452 +7 445 +336 109
In Zone Swings 237 +41 196 -149 345 -12 357 +287 70
Out of Zone Swings 147 +3 144 -43 187 -4 191 +142 49
In Zone Swing & Misses 55 +6 49 -32 81 -3 84 +67 17
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 94 -15 109 -13 122 +17 105 +77 28
Basic
Pitches 881 +89 792 -346 1,138 +18 1,120 +860 260
PA 219 +19 200 -88 288 +9 279 +215 64
AB 184 +12 172 -78 250 +4 246 +192 54
Hits 37 +4 33 -21 54 +2 52 +43 9
Singles 23 +2 21 -9 30 +1 29 +23 6
Doubles 9 +2 7 -7 14 0 14 +12 2
Triples 0 0 0 -1 1 -2 3 +3 0
Home Runs 5 0 5 -4 9 +3 6 +5 1
Walks 31 +7 24 -11 35 +7 28 +19 9
Strikeouts 63 -9 72 -37 109 +11 98 +77 21
K% 28.8 -7.2 36.0 -1.8 37.8 +2.7 35.1 +2.3 32.8
BB% 14.2 +2.2 12.0 -0.2 12.2 +2.2 10.0 -4.1 14.1
HBP 2 -1 3 +2 1 -1 2 +1 1
Batted Balls 123 +22 101 -42 143 -7 150 +117 33
Fastball Percent 34.8 +1.2 33.6 -24.2 57.8 -1.8 59.6 -11.2 70.8
Offspeed Percent 51.8 -8.7 60.5 +18.8 41.7 +5.8 35.9 +6.7 29.2
Breaking Percent 13.4 +7.5 5.9 +5.5 0.4 -4.2 4.6 +4.6 0.0
Number of Fastballs 307 +41 266 -392 658 -9 667 +483 184
Number of Offspeed 456 -23 479 +4 475 +73 402 +326 76
Number of Breaking 118 +71 47 +42 5 -46 51 +51 0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 64 .263 35 4 11.4 29 23 79.3
2023 Shades 279 .290 151 12 7.9 128 83 64.8
2024 Shades 286 .307 163 9 5.5 123 83 67.5
2025 Shades 200 .281 120 11 9.2 80 53 66.3
2026 Shades 217 .294 103 21 20.4 114 48 42.1
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 68 19.3 1.5% 5.9% 47 22.5 0.0% 8.5%
2023 253 17.4 17.8% 0.4% 224 19.9 1.8% 2.2%
2024 286 17.9 10.8% 0.7% 176 19.3 2.8% 0.6%
2025 199 18.2 10.1% 0.5% 153 20.0 2.0% 0.7%
2026 178 18.5 3.9% 3.4% 192 20.5 3.6% 3.6%

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Pitch Distribution