Tony Cruz
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 215LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 26, #802, St. Louis Cardinals | Palm Beach CC
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 151 142 6 29 2 0 .204 .235 .310 .545
2016 5 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2018 26 26 2 4 1 0 .154 .154 .308 .462
7 Seasons 664 621 51 134 6 0 .216 .256 .308 .564
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .204 2 0 .545
2016 .000 0 0 .000
2018 .154 1 0 .462
7 Seasons .216 6 0 .564
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 28 585 113 7 6.2 4.6 85.1 109.5 7.8 26.5 .215 .346 .237 .263 .317 28.3 21.2 4.0
2016 29 25 2 0 0.0 0.0 66.4 88.2 41.7 50.0 .008 .008 .000 .020 .051 0.0 60.0 0.0
2018 31 92 15 1 6.7 3.8 88.5 105.8 19.6 26.7 .192 .366 .194 .235 .408 40.0 42.3 0.0
Player 702 130 8 6.2 4.4 85.2 109.5 9.8 26.9 .207 .341 .225 .252 .323 29.2 25.3 3.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 55.8 17.7 18.6 8.0 35.4 37.2 27.4 7.1 39.8 23.0 18.6 0.9 6.2 4.6
2016 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 40.0 13.3 33.3 13.3 26.7 53.3 20.0 6.7 33.3 20.0 26.7 6.7 6.7 3.8
Player 53.1 17.7 20.0 9.2 33.8 38.5 27.7 7.7 38.5 23.1 19.2 1.5 6.2 4.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2018 4-Seamer -4.9 -2 32 34.8 10 .100 .400 .200 27.8 50.0 50.0 .198 .578 .317 60.0
2018 Curveball -11.3 -2 21 22.8 6 .000 .000 .000 0.0 16.7 16.7 .139 .182 .146 0.0
2018 Sinker -8.7 -2 18 19.6 4 .250 .250 .225 10.0 25.0 25.0 .201 .228 .185 33.3
2018 Cutter -3.9 0 10 10.9 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Changeup 5.1 0 7 7.6 2 .500 .500 .450 66.7 50.0 50.0 .346 .471 .347 100.0
2018 Slider 0.0 0 3 3.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 50.0 50.0 .344 .397 .322 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 71 241 1 -5 2 1 -2
2012 132 408 -3 -3 1 1 -4
2013 128 455 1 -8 1 1 -5
2014 156 606 -5 -4 1 3 -6
2015 156 611 -9 -9 1 2 -15
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 585 57.4 68.2 80.3 30.9 64.9 41.9 27.2 52.3 22.9 10.9 68.8
2016 25 52.0 84.6 81.8 41.7 60.0 48.0 20.0 64.0 25.0 4.0 100.0
2018 92 48.4 54.5 91.7 51.1 58.3 41.8 19.2 53.3 24.5 5.5 40.0
Player 702 56.1 67.2 81.4 34.4 63.2 42.1 25.8 52.8 23.2 10.0 67.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 72 26
2018 45 33
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 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 1 1
Player 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 1 1
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.1 66.4 -18.7 ↓
Launch Angle 7.8 41.7 33.9 ↑
Barrel % 6.2 0.0 -6.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 28.3 0.0 -28.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 26.5 50.0 23.5 ↑
xBA .215 .008 -0.207 ↓
BA .204 .000 -0.204 ↓
xwOBA .263 .020 -0.243 ↓
wOBA .237 .000 -0.237 ↓
xSLG .346 .008 -0.338 ↓
SLG .310 .000 -0.310 ↓
K% 21.2 60.0 38.8 ↑
BB% 4.0 0.0 -4.0 ↓
Swing % 52.3 64.0 11.7 ↑
Whiff% 22.9 25.0 2.1 ↑
In Zone % 57.4 52.0 -5.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 42.6 48.0 5.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 41.7 10.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.2 20.0 -7.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.6 40.0 -23.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 5 0 0.0 .000
2018 Shifts R 26 0 0.0 .194
! 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 %
2011 62 16.1 37.1% 4.8% 31 21.1 0.0% 16.1%
2012 90 17.1 22.2% 0.0% 68 23.4 0.0% 16.2%
2013 120 20.0 5.0% 3.3% 78 24.9 0.0% 15.4%
2014 152 19.9 2.6% 5.3% 93 25.9 0.0% 16.1%
2015 147 20.0 16.3% 7.5% 97 24.3 4.1% 20.6%
2016 1 25.4 0.0% 0.0% 8 21.1 0.0% 25.0%
2018 24 16.4 33.3% 0.0% 14 20.9 0.0% 0.0%
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