Fernando Cruz
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 237LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 6, #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 2 3 3.00 32 0 2 33 54 1.00
4 Seasons 6 14 4.24 173 7 2 180.1 282 1.22
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 32 2-3 3.00 33 54 1.00
4 Seasons 173 6-14 4.24 180.1 282 1.22
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 .223 .386 .307 .311 .460 44.1 37.8 12.2 4.86 4.05
2025 35 535 61 5 8.2 3.8 87.0 113.3 21.4 42.6 .183 .307 .254 .266 .389 41.0 41.2 10.7 3.00 2.66
Player 3053 387 35 9.0 4.6 88.5 113.3 16.2 39.8 .207 .355 .288 .293 .413 41.6 37.0 11.3
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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
(59.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(17.9%) ,
Sinker
(14.8%) ,
Slider
(8.0%) ,


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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 34.4 65.6 27.9 24.6 13.1 44.3 39.3 16.4 18.0 13.1 3.3 26.2 26.2 13.1
Player 34.1 66.1 30.2 27.6 8.3 43.7 35.4 20.9 17.1 11.6 5.2 26.6 23.8 15.8
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 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 3.3 24.6 26.2 26.2 11.5 8.2 3.8
Player 4.9 24.0 28.9 25.3 7.2 9.0 4.6
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! 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 Split-Finger NYY R 317 80.5 41.4 2.8 4.5ARM -2.5 0.8 2.1 4.5ARM -7.0
2025 Sinker NYY R 79 92.9 18.0 -4.1 14.0ARM -0.7 13.8 -6.5 14.0ARM -1.2
2025 Slider NYY R 43 82.4 39.4 0.2 7.9GLV 3.0 0.9 0.7 7.9GLV 3.1
2025 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 96 93.8 13.8 0.5 6.2ARM -0.6 17.5 1.7 6.2ARM -1.4
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 Slider CIN R 5 82.6 41.8 2.4 7.8GLV 1.7 -1.9 3.5 7.8GLV 3.0
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
! 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 2.2 7 317 59.3 85 .138 .225 .198 60.2 56.5 37.8 .119 .194 .167 37.5
2025 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 2 96 17.9 23 .118 .294 .278 32.1 21.7 41.7 .338 .714 .478 61.5
2025 Sinker -1.9 -1 79 14.8 20 .357 .429 .453 10.3 0.0 0.0 .375 .475 .467 28.6
2025 Slider -1.9 -1 43 8.0 3 .333 1.333 .667 36.4 33.3 100.0 .102 .252 .147 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 .324 .564 .408 56.5
2024 Cutter -2.4 -7 288 25.3 63 .333 .765 .532 26.7 6.3 14.8 .364 .740 .513 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 96 93.8 91 18.1 1:00 12:45 15
2025 Split-Finger 251 80.5 43 6.4 1:45 3:15 -90
2025 Sinker 78 92.9 91 19.5 12:45 1:30 -45
2025 Slider 43 82.4 42 8.8 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 364 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 131 535 3 4 1 -2 6
Player 760 3,053 14 27 -10 14 16
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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 75.7 29.9 34.2 39.7 59.8 46.7 38.2 7.1 77.8
2025 535 40.5 62.7 69.9 30.7 21.4 36.2 54.2 43.7 49.6 7.1 63.2
Player 3,053 43.8 67.9 75.1 30.6 36.4 39.3 56.6 46.9 38.6 7.1 76.4
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 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 47 73 53 30 36 61 13 53 10 99 7 99 64 59 59 80
2025 93 98 94 82 89 89 51 91 48 100 18 100 77 33 22 90
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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 22.35 3 2.6 0 2 4 0 0.0
Player 23.72 19 19.1 0 9 17 8 42.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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 3 3 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 4 2
Player 19 17 15 15 20 19 23 16 17 15 21 26 17 19 22 15 24 15 18 24 20 20 24 21 18 16 17 21 19 21 18
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .167 +.044 .211 +.005 .216 -.049 .167
xBA .195 +.009 .204 +.019 .223 -.040 .183
OBP .297 -.002 .295 +.019 .314 -.047 .267
xOBP .321 -.032 .289 +.031 .320 -.039 .281
SLG .259 +.107 .366 +.022 .388 -.099 .289
xSLG .285 +.077 .362 +.024 .386 -.079 .307
ISO .093 +.061 .154 +.018 .172 -.049 .123
xISO .090 +.068 .158 +.005 .163 -.038 .125
BABIP .250 +.069 .319 +.019 .338 -.062 .276
wOBA .263 +.027 .290 +.017 .307 -.053 .254
xwOBA .285 +.003 .288 +.023 .311 -.045 .266
wOBACON .300 +.098 .398 +.053 .451 -.087 .364
xwOBACON .343 +.051 .394 +.066 .460 -.071 .389
BACON .273 +.074 .347 +.033 .380 -.069 .311
xBACON .319 +.017 .336 +.057 .393 -.051 .342
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 33.3 +8.0 41.3 +2.8 44.1 -3.1 41.0
Avg Exit Velocity 87.8 +1.3 89.1 -0.4 88.7 -1.7 87.0
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 33.3 +5.4 38.7 +2.6 41.3 +1.3 42.6
Barrel % 3.0 +7.0 10.0 -0.2 9.8 -1.6 8.2
Avg Launch Angle 11.8 +5.2 17.0 -3.1 13.9 +7.5 21.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- 71.0 +0.3 71.3 -0.1 71.2
Attack Angle -- -- 14° 14° +3° 17°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- 47.5 +0.2 47.7 -1.0 46.7
Attack Direction -- -- -12° +2° -11° -9° -19°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- 31° +1° 32° 32°
Swing Length -- -- 7.5 +0.1 7.6 +0.3 7.9
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 89.5 +2.2 91.7 +0.3 92.0 +1.4 93.4
Breaking Velocity -- -- 83.3 -0.7 82.6 -0.2 82.4
Offspeed Velocity 81.7 -0.3 81.4 +0.1 81.5 -1.0 80.5
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 1 +14 15 -1 14 -9 5
Popup % 6.1 +1.2 7.3 +0.4 7.7 +5.4 13.1
Flyball % 30.3 +4.4 34.7 -8.1 26.6 +1.3 27.9
Line Drive % 21.2 +6.8 28.0 +2.1 30.1 -5.5 24.6
Groundball % 42.4 -11.7 30.7 +5.0 35.7 -1.3 34.4
Pull % 36.4 +7.6 44.0 +0.8 44.8 -0.5 44.3
Straight Away % 42.4 -11.1 31.3 +5.1 36.4 +2.9 39.3
Opposite Field % 21.2 +3.5 24.7 -5.8 18.9 -2.5 16.4
Weak Contact % 6.1 -1.4 4.7 +0.9 5.6 -2.3 3.3
Pull Airball % 21.2 +9.5 30.7 -6.9 23.8 +2.4 26.2
Topped Contact % 27.3 -4.6 22.7 +1.8 24.5 +0.1 24.6
Under Contact % 27.3 +6.0 33.3 -7.4 25.9 +0.3 26.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 30.3 -9.0 21.3 +6.7 28.0 -1.8 26.2
Solid Contact % 6.1 +1.2 7.3 -1.7 5.6 +5.9 11.5
HR/FB % 10.0 +1.5 11.5 +12.2 23.7 -6.1 17.6
Popups 2 +9 11 0 11 -3 8
Flyballs 10 +42 52 -14 38 -21 17
Line Drives 7 +35 42 +1 43 -28 15
Groundballs 14 +32 46 +5 51 -30 21
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 39.2 +6.0 45.2 -0.2 45.0 -4.5 40.5
Out of Zone % 60.8 -6.0 54.8 +0.2 55.0 +4.5 59.5
Edge % 41.9 -2.2 39.7 0.0 39.7 -3.5 36.2
Zone Swing % 68.6 +2.0 70.6 -3.2 67.4 -4.7 62.7
Out of Zone Swing % 31.0 +0.1 31.1 -1.2 29.9 +0.8 30.7
In Zone Contact % 75.7 +0.8 76.5 -0.8 75.7 -5.8 69.9
Out of Zone Contact % 42.9 +1.6 44.5 -10.3 34.2 -12.8 21.4
Whiff % 37.8 -3.3 34.5 +3.7 38.2 +11.4 49.6
First Strike % 56.3 -1.8 54.5 +5.3 59.8 -5.6 54.2
First Pitch Swing % 28.1 +6.7 34.8 -1.2 33.6 -9.9 23.7
Swing % 45.8 +3.1 48.9 -2.2 46.7 -3.0 43.7
Meatball Swing % 76.5 +4.8 81.3 -3.5 77.8 -14.6 63.2
Meatball % 6.5 +0.6 7.1 0.0 7.1 0.0 7.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 24.3 -0.8 23.5 0.0 23.5 +5.2 28.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 57.1 -2.1 55.0 +10.2 65.2 +13.4 78.6
In Zone 102 +404 506 +6 512 -295 217
Out of Zone 158 +456 614 +12 626 -307 319
Edge 109 +336 445 +7 452 -258 194
In Zone Swings 70 +287 357 -12 345 -209 136
Out of Zone Swings 49 +142 191 -4 187 -89 98
In Zone Swing & Misses 17 +67 84 -3 81 -42 39
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 28 +77 105 +17 122 -45 77
Basic
Pitches 260 +860 1,120 +18 1,138 -603 535
PA 64 +215 279 +9 288 -157 131
AB 54 +192 246 +4 250 -136 114
Hits 9 +43 52 +2 54 -35 19
Singles 6 +23 29 +1 30 -19 11
Doubles 2 +12 14 0 14 -9 5
Triples 0 +3 3 -2 1 -1 0
Home Runs 1 +5 6 +3 9 -6 3
Walks 9 +19 28 +7 35 -21 14
Strikeouts 21 +77 98 +11 109 -55 54
K% 32.8 +2.3 35.1 +2.7 37.8 +3.4 41.2
BB% 14.1 -4.1 10.0 +2.2 12.2 -1.5 10.7
HBP 1 +1 2 -1 1 +1 2
Batted Balls 33 +117 150 -7 143 -82 61
Number of Fastballs 184 +483 667 -9 658 -483 175
Number of Offspeed 76 +326 402 +73 475 -158 317
Number of Breaking 0 +51 51 -46 5 +38 43
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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 131 .254 79 7 8.9 52 31 59.6
! 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 144 18.6 9.0% 0.7% 93 20.0 1.1% 1.1%

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Pitch Distribution