P | New York Yankees
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 237 lbs | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd. 6, No. 186, Kansas City Royals | Puerto Rico Advancement College HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 2 4.91 58 2 0 66 98 1.21
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
4 Seasons 7 15 4.28 190 7 2 195.1 300 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 58 1-2 4.91 66 98 1.21
2024 69 3-8 4.86 66.2 109 1.34
2025 49 3-4 3.56 48 72 1.19
4 Seasons 190 7-15 4.28 195.1 300 1.25
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 .195 .285 .263 .285 .343 33.3 32.8 14.1 1.23 3.34
2023 33 1120 150 15 10.0 5.4 89.1 112.7 17.0 38.7 .204 .362 .290 .288 .394 41.3 35.1 10.0 4.91 3.45
2024 34 1138 143 14 9.8 4.9 88.7 112.3 13.9 41.3 .222 .384 .307 .310 .458 44.1 37.8 12.2 4.86 4.02
2025 35 792 101 9 8.9 4.5 87.5 113.3 16.5 41.6 .201 .324 .281 .287 .382 38.6 36.0 12.0 3.56 3.41
Player 3310 427 39 9.1 4.7 88.5 113.3 15.5 39.8 .209 .355 .292 .295 .409 41.0 36.1 11.6
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 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
(60.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(19.3%) ,
Sinker
(14.3%) ,
Slider
(5.9%) ,


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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
Player 35.4 64.9 30.0 27.4 7.5 44.0 35.1 20.8 17.6 12.2 5.4 26.5 23.0 15.5
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! 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 10.0 5.4
2024 5.6 24.5 25.9 28.0 5.6 9.8 4.9
2025 5.0 27.7 22.8 24.8 10.9 8.9 4.5
Player 5.2 24.8 27.9 25.1 7.5 9.1 4.7
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 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
2025 Sinker NYY R 113 93.0 18.0 -4.0 14.2ARM -0.3 13.6 -6.2 14.2ARM -0.9
2025 Split-Finger NYY R 479 80.6 41.9 3.3 4.5ARM -2.5 0.1 2.9 4.5ARM -6.7
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 Slider NYY R 47 82.4 40.0 1.0 8.1GLV 3.5 0.5 1.2 8.1GLV 3.5
2024 Cutter CIN R 288 88.7 26.8 0.5 4.4GLV 1.3 7.7 -0.6 4.4GLV 1.7
2024 Sinker CIN R 2 93.4 17.6 -4.4 14.5ARM -0.1 13.8 -6.6 14.5ARM -0.4
2024 Split-Finger CIN R 475 81.5 38.1 1.3 5.7ARM -1.7 3.1 -0.5 5.7ARM -5.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 368 94.7 13.6 0.7 6.7ARM -0.3 17.0 1.3 6.7ARM -0.9
2024 Slider CIN R 5 82.6 41.8 2.4 7.8GLV 1.7 -1.9 3.6 7.8GLV 3.0
! 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 %
2025 Split-Finger 1.3 6 479 60.5 128 .178 .280 .243 56.6 49.2 35.2 .152 .247 .212 38.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 5 153 19.3 38 .103 .207 .247 26.1 18.4 31.8 .275 .494 .395 47.8
2025 Sinker -3.9 -4 113 14.3 31 .364 .545 .482 10.3 3.2 50.0 .385 .532 .486 28.6
2025 Slider -1.6 -1 47 5.9 3 .333 1.333 .667 38.5 33.3 100.0 .080 .193 .111 50.0
2024 Split-Finger 2.0 10 475 41.7 134 .117 .150 .173 59.6 65.7 32.5 .097 .119 .160 24.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 368 32.3 88 .295 .513 .376 14.3 19.3 26.6 .323 .560 .406 56.5
2024 Cutter -2.4 -7 288 25.3 63 .333 .765 .532 26.7 6.3 14.8 .363 .739 .512 42.6
2024 Slider 0.6 0 5 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .066 .090 .069 0.0
2024 Sinker -0.3 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2025 4-Seam Fastball 153 93.9 91 18.1 1:00 12:45 15
2025 Split-Finger 386 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
2024 Cutter 288 88.7 42 8.4 12:00 10:45 75
2024 4-Seam Fastball 367 94.7 92 17.8 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Split-Finger 366 81.6 63 7.9 1:30 2:15 -45
! 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
Player 829 3,310 14 28 -11 14 15
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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 45.2 70.6 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 41.1 60.1 75.0 30.8 24.3 38.1 55.5 42.9 46.5 7.3 62.1
Player 3,310 43.7 66.9 76.1 30.6 36.1 39.5 56.7 46.5 38.7 7.1 75.0
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2022 57 60 93
2023 80 91 76 51 80 60 19 47 35 99 26 94 76 54 48 79
2024 48 74 54 32 37 61 13 53 10 99 7 99 64 59 59 80
2025 35 23 92
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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
Player 23.41 21 21.6 -1 13 18 9 42.9
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
Player 21 20 17 17 21 20 25 18 19 19 23 29 21 24 24 17 28 17 20 27 23 23 27 25 20 18 19 24 22 23 19
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

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .192 -.024 .216 +.005 .211 +.044 .167
xBA .201 -.021 .222 +.018 .204 +.009 .195
OBP .300 -.014 .314 +.019 .295 -.002 .297
xOBP .308 -.011 .319 +.030 .289 -.032 .321
SLG .320 -.068 .388 +.022 .366 +.107 .259
xSLG .324 -.060 .384 +.022 .362 +.077 .285
ISO .128 -.044 .172 +.018 .154 +.061 .093
xISO .123 -.039 .162 +.004 .158 +.068 .090
BABIP .292 -.046 .338 +.019 .319 +.069 .250
wOBA .281 -.026 .307 +.017 .290 +.027 .263
xwOBA .287 -.023 .310 +.022 .288 +.003 .285
wOBACON .371 -.080 .451 +.053 .398 +.098 .300
xwOBACON .382 -.076 .458 +.064 .394 +.051 .343
BACON .327 -.053 .380 +.033 .347 +.074 .273
xBACON .343 -.049 .392 +.056 .336 +.017 .319
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 38.6 -5.5 44.1 +2.8 41.3 +8.0 33.3
Avg Exit Velocity 87.5 -1.2 88.7 -0.4 89.1 +1.3 87.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 41.6 +0.3 41.3 +2.6 38.7 +5.4 33.3
Barrel % 8.9 -0.9 9.8 -0.2 10.0 +7.0 3.0
Avg Launch Angle 16.5 +2.6 13.9 -3.1 17.0 +5.2 11.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.3 0.0 71.3 +0.3 71.0 -- --
Attack Angle 17° +3° 14° 14° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 46.6 -1.1 47.7 +0.2 47.5 -- --
Attack Direction -18° -7° -11° +2° -12° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 31° 32° +1° 31° -- --
Swing Length 7.8 +0.2 7.6 +0.1 7.5 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.5 +1.5 92.0 +0.3 91.7 +2.2 89.5
Breaking Velocity 82.4 -0.2 82.6 -0.7 83.3 -- --
Offspeed Velocity 80.6 -0.9 81.5 +0.1 81.4 -0.3 81.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 9 -5 14 -1 15 +14 1
Popup % 7.9 +0.2 7.7 +0.4 7.3 +1.2 6.1
Flyball % 27.7 +1.1 26.6 -8.1 34.7 +4.4 30.3
Line Drive % 24.8 -5.3 30.1 +2.1 28.0 +6.8 21.2
Groundball % 39.6 +3.9 35.7 +5.0 30.7 -11.7 42.4
Pull % 45.5 +0.7 44.8 +0.8 44.0 +7.6 36.4
Straight Away % 36.6 +0.2 36.4 +5.1 31.3 -11.1 42.4
Opposite Field % 17.8 -1.1 18.9 -5.8 24.7 +3.5 21.2
Weak Contact % 5.0 -0.6 5.6 +0.9 4.7 -1.4 6.1
Pull Airball % 25.7 +1.9 23.8 -6.9 30.7 +9.5 21.2
Topped Contact % 27.7 +3.2 24.5 +1.8 22.7 -4.6 27.3
Under Contact % 22.8 -3.1 25.9 -7.4 33.3 +6.0 27.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.8 -3.2 28.0 +6.7 21.3 -9.0 30.3
Solid Contact % 10.9 +5.3 5.6 -1.7 7.3 +1.2 6.1
HR/FB % 17.9 -5.8 23.7 +12.2 11.5 +1.5 10.0
Popups 8 -3 11 0 11 +9 2
Flyballs 28 -10 38 -14 52 +42 10
Line Drives 25 -18 43 +1 42 +35 7
Groundballs 40 -11 51 +5 46 +32 14
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 41.1 -3.9 45.0 -0.2 45.2 +6.0 39.2
Out of Zone % 58.9 +3.9 55.0 +0.2 54.8 -6.0 60.8
Edge % 38.1 -1.6 39.7 0.0 39.7 -2.2 41.9
Zone Swing % 60.1 -7.3 67.4 -3.2 70.6 +2.0 68.6
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 +0.9 29.9 -1.2 31.1 +0.1 31.0
In Zone Contact % 75.0 -1.5 76.5 0.0 76.5 +0.8 75.7
Out of Zone Contact % 24.3 -10.5 34.8 -9.7 44.5 +1.6 42.9
Whiff % 46.5 +8.3 38.2 +3.7 34.5 -3.3 37.8
First Strike % 55.5 -4.3 59.8 +5.3 54.5 -1.8 56.3
First Pitch Swing % 26.0 -7.6 33.6 -1.2 34.8 +6.7 28.1
Swing % 42.9 -3.8 46.7 -2.2 48.9 +3.1 45.8
Meatball Swing % 62.1 -15.7 77.8 -3.5 81.3 +4.8 76.5
Meatball % 7.3 +0.2 7.1 0.0 7.1 +0.6 6.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 25.0 +1.5 23.5 0.0 23.5 -0.8 24.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 75.7 +10.5 65.2 +10.2 55.0 -2.1 57.1
In Zone 326 -186 512 +6 506 +404 102
Out of Zone 467 -159 626 +12 614 +456 158
Edge 302 -150 452 +7 445 +336 109
In Zone Swings 196 -149 345 -12 357 +287 70
Out of Zone Swings 144 -43 187 -4 191 +142 49
In Zone Swing & Misses 49 -32 81 -3 84 +67 17
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 109 -13 122 +17 105 +77 28
Basic
Pitches 792 -346 1,138 +18 1,120 +860 260
PA 200 -88 288 +9 279 +215 64
AB 172 -78 250 +4 246 +192 54
Hits 33 -21 54 +2 52 +43 9
Singles 21 -9 30 +1 29 +23 6
Doubles 7 -7 14 0 14 +12 2
Triples 0 -1 1 -2 3 +3 0
Home Runs 5 -4 9 +3 6 +5 1
Walks 24 -11 35 +7 28 +19 9
Strikeouts 72 -37 109 +11 98 +77 21
K% 36.0 -1.8 37.8 +2.7 35.1 +2.3 32.8
BB% 12.0 -0.2 12.2 +2.2 10.0 -4.1 14.1
HBP 3 +2 1 -1 2 +1 1
Batted Balls 101 -42 143 -7 150 +117 33
Number of Fastballs 266 -392 658 -9 667 +483 184
Number of Offspeed 479 +4 475 +73 402 +326 76
Number of Breaking 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
! 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%

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Pitch Distribution