P | Kansas City Royals
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 225 lbs | Age: 27
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 5.2 4 0.18
2025 3 1 3.74 47 0 0 45.2 38 1.18
2026 2 3 4.13 54 2 7 56.2 62 1.25
4 Seasons 5 4 3.88 116 6 7 120.2 119 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 5 0-0 0.00 5.2 4 0.18
2025 47 3-1 3.74 45.2 38 1.18
2026 54 2-3 4.13 56.2 62 1.25
4 Seasons 116 5-4 3.88 120.2 119 1.23
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Team 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
2023 24 244 35 3 8.6 4.8 92.7 109.1 15.8 25.7 .194 .370 .344 .327 .340 54.3 24.2 17.7 4.97 4.55
2024 25 82 14 0 0.0 0.0 90.3 103.9 14.2 35.7 .168 .240 .049 .177 .228 35.7 22.2 0.0 0.00 1.30
2025 26 642 132 7 5.3 3.7 88.8 113.9 14.9 33.3 .221 .357 .280 .289 .317 34.1 20.1 9.5 3.75 3.43
2026 27 898 152 16 10.5 6.8 89.1 112.5 13.9 35.5 .239 .391 .332 .307 .381 36.8 26.2 8.4 4.13 3.96
Player 1866 333 26 7.8 5.1 89.4 113.9 14.5 33.6 .224 .370 .304 .298 .345 37.5 23.5 9.7
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.6 33.3 .244 .407 .316 .316 .368 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.
Four Seamer
(55.1%) ,
Cutter
(29.3%) ,
Slider
(15.3%) ,
Sweeper
(0.3%) ,


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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 %
2023 37.1 62.9 34.3 20.0 8.6 28.6 37.1 34.3 8.6 22.9 5.7 20.0 14.3 28.6
2024 42.9 57.1 35.7 14.3 7.1 35.7 35.7 28.6 28.6 14.3 0.0 7.1 21.4 28.6
2025 40.2 59.8 27.3 23.5 9.1 37.1 39.4 23.5 23.5 12.1 4.5 13.6 27.3 18.9
2026 46.1 53.9 22.4 23.7 7.9 40.1 34.2 25.7 21.1 18.4 6.6 19.1 15.8 19.1
Player 42.6 57.4 26.1 22.8 8.4 37.5 36.6 25.8 21.0 16.2 5.4 16.5 20.4 20.4
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.3 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.0 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.9 19.8 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
2023 0.0 31.4 34.3 20.0 5.7 8.6 4.8
2024 0.0 42.9 35.7 14.3 7.1 0.0 0.0
2025 4.5 35.6 27.3 20.5 6.8 5.3 3.7
2026 6.6 30.3 25.0 22.4 5.3 10.5 6.8
Player 4.8 33.0 27.3 21.0 6.0 7.8 5.1
MLB 4.1 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)
SeasonPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Slider R 137 89.4 31.0 -0.9 5.2GLV 1.6 3.1 -1.7 5.2GLV 1.6
2026 4-Seam Fastball R 499 98.5 14.0 -0.6 10.8ARM 2.4 14.3 -1.3 10.8ARM 3.0
2026 Sweeper R 3 88.7 26.8 -9.4 11.2GLV 0.1 7.9 -6.9 11.2GLV -2.3
2026 Cutter R 259 93.9 22.7 -0.5 0.0GLV -1.0 8.3 0.3 0.0GLV -2.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball R 322 98.2 13.5 -0.4 9.8ARM 1.6 15.0 -0.8 9.8ARM 2.2
2025 Cutter R 164 93.7 21.9 -0.1 0.3GLV -0.9 9.3 1.0 0.3GLV -1.9
2025 Slider R 156 89.3 30.2 -1.5 5.2GLV 1.4 4.0 -2.2 5.2GLV 1.0
! Note: Seasons are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Season Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -2 499 55.6 126 .261 .495 .363 28.1 27.0 23.8 .251 .426 .335 39.7
2026 Cutter 2.0 5 259 28.8 67 .213 .262 .273 28.7 17.9 25.5 .219 .279 .254 28.0
2026 Slider -3.3 -5 137 15.3 41 .225 .625 .357 23.9 39.0 17.6 .235 .468 .306 45.8
2026 Sweeper -0.5 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -3 322 50.2 80 .239 .433 .353 27.1 22.5 21.4 .220 .419 .340 46.9
2025 Cutter 0.9 1 164 25.5 43 .263 .395 .316 19.0 9.3 36.4 .281 .411 .329 34.3
2025 Slider 3.4 5 156 24.3 65 .156 .219 .171 24.5 24.6 21.6 .186 .259 .201 20.8
! 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

Season Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Cutter 257 93.9 61 7.7 12:30 12:00 30
2026 4-Seam Fastball 496 98.5 96 17.8 1:30 1:15 15
2026 Slider 135 89.4 46 6.2 10:45 9:45 60
2025 Cutter 164 93.7 63 8.7 12:15 12:00 15
2025 4-Seam Fastball 320 98.2 94 17.7 1:15 1:15 0
2025 Slider 156 89.3 50 6.7 10:45 10:00 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Season Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 62 244 0 3 -3 -2 -1
2024 18 82 4 1 0 0 4
2025 188 642 0 10 -4 -2 3
2026 234 898 3 5 -6 -4 -2
Player 502 1,866 7 19 -13 7 4
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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 %
2023 244 46.7 65.8 82.7 18.5 50.0 39.3 50.0 40.6 25.3 6.1 80.0
2024 82 53.7 75.0 87.9 28.9 45.5 41.5 66.7 53.7 22.7 9.8 100.0
2025 642 55.8 72.1 81.0 22.2 54.0 38.0 61.7 50.0 24.3 10.3 81.8
2026 898 53.1 74.6 80.9 28.0 45.8 43.5 64.3 52.8 27.8 8.6 87.0
Player 1,866 53.2 72.7 81.4 24.7 48.6 41.0 61.6 50.3 26.1 8.9 84.9
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
Season Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2023 94 33 92
2024
2025 96 35 78
2026 33 57 20 54 96 31 38 23 71 76 50 7 64 71 60
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Season Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 25.54 1 2.0 -1 0 2 1 100.0
2025 23.22 5 3.1 2 3 4 0 0.0
2026 22.65 13 10.2 3 2 10 2 15.4
Player 22.95 19 15.3 4 5 16 3 15.8
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

Season HR
2023 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 1
2025 5 5 3 2 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 5 3 1 5 3 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 1 5 6 3 4
2026 13 10 6 9 10 11 11 8 11 12 10 9 9 14 12 11 11 10 9 12 10 10 13 13 7 9 8 10 12 9 9
Player 19 17 10 14 15 16 15 11 13 16 12 12 17 21 17 15 19 15 13 18 14 15 20 19 13 13 12 17 21 14 14
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
Results
BA .241 +.028 .213 +.157 .056 -.164 .220
xBA .239 +.018 .221 +.053 .168 -.026 .194
OBP .315 +.024 .291 +.235 .056 -.315 .371
xOBP .304 +.010 .294 +.126 .168 -.182 .350
SLG .453 +.110 .343 +.287 .056 -.344 .400
xSLG .391 +.034 .357 +.117 .240 -.130 .370
ISO .212 +.082 .130 +.130 .000 -.180 .180
xISO .153 +.017 .136 +.064 .072 -.104 .176
BABIP .277 +.033 .244 +.173 .071 -.223 .294
wOBA .332 +.052 .280 +.231 .049 -.295 .344
xwOBA .307 +.018 .289 +.112 .177 -.150 .327
wOBAcon .418 +.114 .304 +.241 .063 -.307 .370
xwOBAcon .381 +.064 .317 +.089 .228 -.112 .340
BACON .340 +.067 .273 +.202 .071 -.243 .314
xBACON .338 +.055 .283 +.067 .216 -.061 .277
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 36.8 +2.7 34.1 -1.6 35.7 -18.6 54.3
Avg Exit Velocity 89.1 +0.3 88.8 -1.5 90.3 -2.4 92.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 35.5 +2.2 33.3 -2.4 35.7 +10.0 25.7
Barrel % 10.5 +5.2 5.3 +5.3 0.0 -8.6 8.6
Avg Launch Angle 13.9 -1.0 14.9 +0.7 14.2 -1.6 15.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.9 +0.5 71.4 +1.4 70.0 -1.3 71.3
Attack Angle -2°
Ideal Attack Angle % 47.2 -4.2 51.4 +17.3 34.1 -13.6 47.7
Attack Direction -1° +2°
Swing Path - Tilt 32° 32° -1° 33° 33°
Swing Length 7.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 7.0 -0.2 7.2
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 96.9 +0.2 96.7 +2.0 94.7 -2.5 97.2
Breaking Velocity 89.4 +0.1 89.3 -- -- -- 89.4
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 16 +9 7 +7 0 -3 3
Popup % 7.9 -1.2 9.1 +2.0 7.1 -1.5 8.6
Flyball % 22.4 -4.9 27.3 -8.4 35.7 +1.4 34.3
Line Drive % 23.7 +0.2 23.5 +9.2 14.3 -5.7 20.0
Groundball % 46.1 +5.9 40.2 -2.7 42.9 +5.8 37.1
Pull % 40.1 +3.0 37.1 +1.4 35.7 +7.1 28.6
Straight Away % 34.2 -5.2 39.4 +3.7 35.7 -1.4 37.1
Opposite Field % 25.7 +2.2 23.5 -5.1 28.6 -5.7 34.3
Weak Contact % 6.6 +2.1 4.5 +4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pull Airball % 19.1 +5.5 13.6 +6.5 7.1 -12.9 20.0
Topped Contact % 30.3 -5.3 35.6 -7.3 42.9 +11.5 31.4
Under Contact % 25.0 -2.3 27.3 -8.4 35.7 +1.4 34.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.4 +1.9 20.5 +6.2 14.3 -5.7 20.0
Solid Contact % 5.3 -1.5 6.8 -0.3 7.1 +1.4 5.7
HR/FB % 38.2 +24.3 13.9 +13.9 0.0 -8.3 8.3
Popups 12 0 12 +11 1 -2 3
Flyballs 34 -2 36 +31 5 -7 12
Line Drives 36 +5 31 +29 2 -5 7
Groundballs 70 +17 53 +47 6 -7 13
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 53.1 -2.7 55.8 +2.1 53.7 +7.0 46.7
Out of Zone % 46.9 +2.7 44.2 -2.1 46.3 -7.0 53.3
Edge % 43.5 +5.5 38.0 -3.5 41.5 +2.2 39.3
Zone Swing % 74.6 +2.5 72.1 -2.9 75.0 +9.2 65.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.0 +5.8 22.2 -6.7 28.9 +10.4 18.5
In Zone Contact % 80.9 -0.1 81.0 -6.9 87.9 +5.2 82.7
Out of Zone Contact % 45.8 -8.2 54.0 +8.5 45.5 -4.5 50.0
Whiff % 27.8 +3.5 24.3 +1.6 22.7 -2.6 25.3
First Strike % 64.3 +2.6 61.7 -5.0 66.7 +16.7 50.0
First Pitch Swing % 41.3 +4.1 37.2 +3.9 33.3 +5.9 27.4
Swing % 52.8 +2.8 50.0 -3.7 53.7 +13.1 40.6
Meatball Swing % 87.0 +5.2 81.8 -18.2 100.0 +20.0 80.0
Meatball % 8.6 -1.7 10.3 +0.5 9.8 +3.7 6.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 19.1 +0.1 19.0 +6.9 12.1 -5.2 17.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 54.2 +8.2 46.0 -8.5 54.5 +4.5 50.0
In Zone 477 +119 358 +314 44 -70 114
Out of Zone 421 +137 284 +246 38 -92 130
Edge 391 +147 244 +210 34 -62 96
In Zone Swings 356 +98 258 +225 33 -42 75
Out of Zone Swings 118 +55 63 +52 11 -13 24
In Zone Swing & Misses 68 +19 49 +45 4 -9 13
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 64 +35 29 +23 6 -6 12
Basic
Pitches 898 +256 642 +560 82 -162 244
PA 237 +48 189 +171 18 -44 62
AB 212 +43 169 +151 18 -32 50
Hits 51 +15 36 +35 1 -10 11
Singles 32 +8 24 +23 1 -4 5
Doubles 6 -1 7 +7 0 -4 4
Triples 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Home Runs 13 +8 5 +5 0 -1 1
Walks 20 +2 18 +18 0 -11 11
Strikeouts 62 +24 38 +34 4 -11 15
K% 26.2 +6.1 20.1 -2.1 22.2 -2.0 24.2
BB% 8.4 -1.1 9.5 +9.5 0.0 -17.7 17.7
HBP 3 +2 1 +1 0 -1 1
Batted Balls 152 +20 132 +118 14 -21 35
Fastball Percent 84.4 +8.7 75.7 -24.3 100.0 +27.5 72.5
Offspeed Percent 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Percent 15.6 -8.7 24.3 +24.3 0.0 -27.5 27.5
Number of Fastballs 758 +272 486 +404 82 -95 177
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 140 -16 156 +156 0 -67 67
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
SeasonAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 62 .344 35 3 8.6 27 12 44.4
2024 Shades 18 .049 10 0 0.0 8 3 37.5
2025 Shades 188 .280 105 1 1.0 83 18 21.7
2026 Shades 234 .331 96 14 14.6 138 56 40.6
! 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 %
2023 60 16.7 11.7% 0.0% 55 18.9 0.0% 3.6%
2024 28 15.4 25.0% 0.0% 5 17.7 0.0% 0.0%
2025 164 16.9 14.6% 0.6% 101 18.8 0.0% 0.0%
2026 222 15.8 36.0% 2.7% 136 17.6 9.6% 4.4%

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Pitch Distribution