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 4.26 42 2 3 44.1 50 1.22
4 Seasons 5 4 3.90 104 6 3 108.1 107 1.21
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 42 2-3 4.26 44.1 50 1.22
4 Seasons 104 5-4 3.90 108.1 107 1.21
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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
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 27 709 115 13 11.3 7.0 89.2 112.5 15.0 33.9 .227 .389 .325 .306 .378 34.8 27.0 9.7 4.26 3.92
Player 1677 296 23 7.8 5.1 89.5 113.9 15.0 32.8 .218 .367 .298 .297 .339 36.8 23.6 10.4
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.
Four Seamer
(55.6%) ,
Cutter
(28.1%) ,
Slider
(15.9%) ,
Sweeper
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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 25.2 20.0 8.7 42.6 34.8 22.6 24.3 16.5 5.2 18.3 18.3 17.4
Player 42.2 57.8 27.7 21.3 8.8 38.2 37.2 24.7 22.3 15.2 4.7 15.9 22.0 19.9
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
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 6.1 30.4 26.1 20.9 5.2 11.3 7.0
Player 4.4 33.4 28.0 20.3 6.1 7.8 5.1
MLB 4.0 32.3 25.0 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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 Slider KC R 113 89.5 30.9 -0.9 5.1GLV 1.5 3.2 -1.8 5.1GLV 1.4
2026 4-Seam Fastball KC R 394 98.4 14.0 -0.5 10.8ARM 2.4 14.3 -1.4 10.8ARM 3.0
2026 Sweeper KC R 3 88.7 26.8 -9.5 11.2GLV 0.1 7.9 -6.9 11.2GLV -2.4
2026 Cutter KC R 199 93.9 22.7 -0.5 0.0GLV -1.0 8.2 0.2 0.0GLV -2.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball KC R 322 98.2 13.5 -0.4 9.8ARM 1.6 15.0 -0.8 9.8ARM 2.2
2025 Cutter KC R 164 93.7 21.9 -0.1 0.3GLV -0.9 9.3 0.9 0.3GLV -1.9
2025 Slider KC R 156 89.3 30.2 -1.5 5.2GLV 1.4 4.0 -2.2 5.2GLV 1.0
! 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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -2 394 55.6 95 .232 .512 .364 29.4 28.4 23.5 .229 .415 .332 40.0
2026 Cutter 2.5 5 199 28.1 53 .184 .224 .244 31.3 20.8 30.6 .199 .257 .228 23.1
2026 Slider -3.9 -4 113 15.9 34 .242 .636 .372 22.6 35.3 16.9 .261 .522 .341 42.9
2026 Sweeper -0.5 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 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

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Cutter 197 93.9 61 7.7 12:30 12:00 30
2026 4-Seam Fastball 391 98.4 95 17.8 1:30 1:15 15
2026 Slider 111 89.5 45 6.1 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
Year 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 182 709 3 2 -3 -3 -1
Player 450 1,677 7 16 -10 7 5
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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 709 52.2 74.6 80.1 28.6 44.3 45.6 63.9 52.6 29.2 7.8 87.3
Player 1,677 52.8 72.5 81.2 24.7 48.2 41.6 61.2 49.9 26.5 8.6 84.7
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
2023 94 33 92
2024
2025 96 35 78
2026 37 63 16 55 95 33 38 30 79 79 32 6 76 71 64
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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 %
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 22.58 11 8.4 3 2 8 2 18.2
Player 22.94 17 13.5 4 5 14 3 17.6
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
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 11 8 6 7 9 9 8 7 10 10 8 8 7 12 9 10 9 8 7 10 7 9 11 11 5 7 7 9 10 7 8
Player 17 15 10 12 14 14 12 10 12 14 10 11 15 19 14 14 17 13 11 16 11 14 18 17 11 11 11 16 19 12 13
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 .220 +.007 ↑ .213 +.157 ↑ .056 -.164 ↓ .220
xBA .227 +.006 ↑ .221 +.053 ↑ .168 -.026 ↓ .194
OBP .304 +.013 ↑ .291 +.235 ↑ .056 -.315 ↓ .371
xOBP .311 +.013 ↑ .298 +.130 ↑ .168 -.182 ↓ .350
SLG .451 +.108 ↑ .343 +.287 ↑ .056 -.344 ↓ .400
xSLG .389 +.032 ↑ .357 +.117 ↑ .240 -.130 ↓ .370
ISO .232 +.102 ↑ .130 +.130 ↑ .000 -.180 ↓ .180
xISO .163 +.027 ↑ .136 +.064 ↑ .072 -.104 ↓ .176
BABIP .243 -.001 ↓ .244 +.173 ↑ .071 -.223 ↓ .294
wOBA .325 +.045 ↑ .280 +.231 ↑ .049 -.295 ↓ .344
xwOBA .306 +.017 ↑ .289 +.112 ↑ .177 -.150 ↓ .327
wOBAcon .409 +.105 ↑ .304 +.241 ↑ .063 -.307 ↓ .370
xwOBAcon .378 +.061 ↑ .317 +.089 ↑ .228 -.112 ↓ .340
BACON .316 +.043 ↑ .273 +.202 ↑ .071 -.243 ↓ .314
xBACON .326 +.043 ↑ .283 +.067 ↑ .216 -.061 ↓ .277
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 34.8 +0.7 ↑ 34.1 -1.6 ↓ 35.7 -18.6 ↓ 54.3
Avg Exit Velocity 89.2 +0.4 ↑ 88.8 -1.5 ↓ 90.3 -2.4 ↓ 92.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 33.9 +0.6 ↑ 33.3 -2.4 ↓ 35.7 +10.0 ↑ 25.7
Barrel % 11.3 +6.0 ↑ 5.3 +5.3 ↑ 0.0 -8.6 ↓ 8.6
Avg Launch Angle 15.0 +0.1 ↑ 14.9 +0.7 ↑ 14.2 -1.6 ↓ 15.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 72.0 +0.6 ↑ 71.4 +1.4 ↑ 70.0 -1.3 ↓ 71.3
Attack Angle 7° 0° ↑ 7° 0° ↑ 6° -2° ↓ 8°
Ideal Attack Angle % 48.9 -2.5 ↓ 51.4 +17.3 ↑ 34.1 -13.6 ↓ 47.7
Attack Direction 3° -2° ↓ 5° +2° ↑ 3° 0° ↑ 3°
Swing Path - Tilt 32° 0° ↓ 32° -1° ↓ 33° 0° ↑ 33°
Swing Length 7.1 +0.1 ↑ 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 89.5 +0.2 ↑ 89.3 -- -- -- 89.4
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 13 +6 ↑ 7 +7 ↑ 0 -3 ↓ 3
Popup % 8.7 -0.4 ↓ 9.1 +2.0 ↑ 7.1 -1.5 ↓ 8.6
Flyball % 25.2 -2.1 ↓ 27.3 -8.4 ↓ 35.7 +1.4 ↑ 34.3
Line Drive % 20.0 -3.5 ↓ 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 % 42.6 +5.5 ↑ 37.1 +1.4 ↑ 35.7 +7.1 ↑ 28.6
Straight Away % 34.8 -4.6 ↓ 39.4 +3.7 ↑ 35.7 -1.4 ↓ 37.1
Opposite Field % 22.6 -0.9 ↓ 23.5 -5.1 ↓ 28.6 -5.7 ↓ 34.3
Weak Contact % 6.1 +1.6 ↑ 4.5 +4.5 ↑ 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pull Airball % 18.3 +4.7 ↑ 13.6 +6.5 ↑ 7.1 -12.9 ↓ 20.0
Topped Contact % 30.4 -5.2 ↓ 35.6 -7.3 ↓ 42.9 +11.5 ↑ 31.4
Under Contact % 26.1 -1.2 ↓ 27.3 -8.4 ↓ 35.7 +1.4 ↑ 34.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.9 +0.4 ↑ 20.5 +6.2 ↑ 14.3 -5.7 ↓ 20.0
Solid Contact % 5.2 -1.6 ↓ 6.8 -0.3 ↓ 7.1 +1.4 ↑ 5.7
HR/FB % 37.9 +24.0 ↑ 13.9 +13.9 ↑ 0.0 -8.3 ↓ 8.3
Popups 10 -2 ↓ 12 +11 ↑ 1 -2 ↓ 3
Flyballs 29 -7 ↓ 36 +31 ↑ 5 -7 ↓ 12
Line Drives 23 -8 ↓ 31 +29 ↑ 2 -5 ↓ 7
Groundballs 53 0 53 +47 ↑ 6 -7 ↓ 13
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 52.2 -3.6 ↓ 55.8 +2.1 ↑ 53.7 +7.0 ↑ 46.7
Out of Zone % 47.8 +3.6 ↑ 44.2 -2.1 ↓ 46.3 -7.0 ↓ 53.3
Edge % 45.6 +7.6 ↑ 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 % 28.6 +6.4 ↑ 22.2 -6.7 ↓ 28.9 +10.4 ↑ 18.5
In Zone Contact % 80.1 -0.9 ↓ 81.0 -6.9 ↓ 87.9 +5.2 ↑ 82.7
Out of Zone Contact % 44.3 -9.7 ↓ 54.0 +8.5 ↑ 45.5 -4.5 ↓ 50.0
Whiff % 29.2 +4.9 ↑ 24.3 +1.6 ↑ 22.7 -2.6 ↓ 25.3
First Strike % 63.9 +2.2 ↑ 61.7 -5.0 ↓ 66.7 +16.7 ↑ 50.0
First Pitch Swing % 42.6 +5.4 ↑ 37.2 +3.9 ↑ 33.3 +5.9 ↑ 27.4
Swing % 52.6 +2.6 ↑ 50.0 -3.7 ↓ 53.7 +13.1 ↑ 40.6
Meatball Swing % 87.3 +5.5 ↑ 81.8 -18.2 ↓ 100.0 +20.0 ↑ 80.0
Meatball % 7.8 -2.5 ↓ 10.3 +0.5 ↑ 9.8 +3.7 ↑ 6.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 19.9 +0.9 ↑ 19.0 +6.9 ↑ 12.1 -5.2 ↓ 17.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 55.7 +9.7 ↑ 46.0 -8.5 ↓ 54.5 +4.5 ↑ 50.0
In Zone 370 +12 ↑ 358 +314 ↑ 44 -70 ↓ 114
Out of Zone 339 +55 ↑ 284 +246 ↑ 38 -92 ↓ 130
Edge 323 +79 ↑ 244 +210 ↑ 34 -62 ↓ 96
In Zone Swings 276 +18 ↑ 258 +225 ↑ 33 -42 ↓ 75
Out of Zone Swings 97 +34 ↑ 63 +52 ↑ 11 -13 ↓ 24
In Zone Swing & Misses 55 +6 ↑ 49 +45 ↑ 4 -9 ↓ 13
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 54 +25 ↑ 29 +23 ↑ 6 -6 ↓ 12
Basic
Pitches 709 +67 ↑ 642 +560 ↑ 82 -162 ↓ 244
PA 185 -4 ↓ 189 +171 ↑ 18 -44 ↓ 62
AB 164 -5 ↓ 169 +151 ↑ 18 -32 ↓ 50
Hits 36 0 36 +35 ↑ 1 -10 ↓ 11
Singles 20 -4 ↓ 24 +23 ↑ 1 -4 ↓ 5
Doubles 5 -2 ↓ 7 +7 ↑ 0 -4 ↓ 4
Triples 0 0 0 0 0 -1 ↓ 1
Home Runs 11 +6 ↑ 5 +5 ↑ 0 -1 ↓ 1
Walks 18 0 18 +18 ↑ 0 -11 ↓ 11
Strikeouts 50 +12 ↑ 38 +34 ↑ 4 -11 ↓ 15
K% 27.0 +6.9 ↑ 20.1 -2.1 ↓ 22.2 -2.0 ↓ 24.2
BB% 9.7 +0.2 ↑ 9.5 +9.5 ↑ 0.0 -17.7 ↓ 17.7
HBP 2 +1 ↑ 1 +1 ↑ 0 -1 ↓ 1
Batted Balls 115 -17 ↓ 132 +118 ↑ 14 -21 ↓ 35
Fastball Percent 83.6 +7.9 ↑ 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 16.4 -7.9 ↓ 24.3 +24.3 ↑ 0.0 -27.5 ↓ 27.5
Number of Fastballs 593 +107 ↑ 486 +404 ↑ 82 -95 ↓ 177
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 116 -40 ↓ 156 +156 ↑ 0 -67 ↓ 67
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment 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 182 .323 74 13 17.6 108 47 43.5
! 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 174 15.9 32.8% 2.9% 94 18.0 4.3% 3.2%

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Pitch Distribution

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