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Fernando Cruz

#0 - Relief Pitcher

New York Yankees

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 3/28/1990 (36)
Height, Weight 6'2", 237 lb
Hometown Bayamon, PRI

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 9.0 4.00 1.67 35.7% 19.0%
91st 1
Sv
229th 9.0
IP
97th 5.72
ERA
188th 1.60
WHIP
56th 22.0%
K%
329th 11.2%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.2 17.2% 35.1% 51.7% 4.6% 4.74 4.71
219th 94.2
FB MPH
62nd 11.9%
SwStr%
47th 28.4%
CSW%
110th 49.6%
Str-ICR
190th 4.2%
MTK%
316th 4.96
PLV
308th 3.74
PLA
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Rank
92nd
Holds List
Rank
14th
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Rank
30th

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Fernando Cruz Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2022 CIN 14 2 14.2 0-1 0 1 1.23 1.23 2.82 3.18 3.72 3.75 32.8% 14.1% 5.5 0.61 .250 11.1% 90.9% 39.4% 45.5% 17.3% 30.8% 0.55 4.94
2023 CIN 58 2 66.0 1-2 0 7 4.91 1.21 3.45 2.83 3.43 3.78 35.1% 10.0% 7.1 0.82 .319 13.0% 58.4% 38.7% 32.9% 16.9% 30.6% 0.60 4.95
2024 CIN 69 3 66.2 3-8 0 23 4.86 1.34 3.87 3.27 2.69 0.83 37.8% 12.2% 7.3 1.21 .338 27.3% 69.8% 44.1% 39.7% 17.8% 33.3% 0.66 5.06
2025 NYY 49 0 48.0 3-4 2 16 3.56 1.19 3.83 3.18 3.10 2.60 36.0% 12.0% 6.2 0.94 .292 20.0% 73.6% 43.6% 37.6% 19.8% 37.1% 0.69 4.91
2026 NYY 12 0 9.0 2-0 0 3 4.00 1.67 5.55 5.71 4.83 4.71 35.7% 19.0% 7.0 2.00 .313 25.0% 90.9% 38.9% 27.8% 17.2% 35.1% 0.69 4.74
RP MLB Percentile 63 0 33 62-38 0 78 72 41 64 58 21 12 83 6 86 64 58 67 71 87 23 82 86 79 9
RP MLB AVG 7 0 9.0 0-1 1 1 5.72 1.60 4.90 5.34 4.80 3.74 22.0% 11.2% 9.5 1.29 .308 19.1% 71.6% 38.5% 43.3% 11.9% 28.4% 0.49 4.96
Career 202 7 204.1 9-15 2 50 4.27 1.27 3.73 3.21 3.19 2.58 36.1% 11.9% 6.8 1.01 .314 19.0% 69.8% 41.6% 36.9% 17.9% 33.2% 0.64 4.94

Fernando Cruz Repertoire

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Fernando Cruz Game Log

Fernando Cruz Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2022 CIN 14 2 14.2 0-1 0 0 1 260 154 106 64 9 6 2 0 1 21 9 1 1
2023 CIN 58 2 66.0 1-2 0 0 7 1,120 701 418 279 52 29 14 3 6 98 28 2 5
2024 CIN 69 3 66.2 3-8 0 0 23 1,138 708 430 288 54 30 14 1 9 109 35 1 8
2025 NYY 49 0 48.0 3-4 0 2 16 792 476 316 200 33 21 7 0 5 72 24 3 5
2026 NYY 12 0 9.0 2-0 0 0 3 174 104 70 42 7 5 0 0 2 15 8 1 0
RP MLB Percentile 63 0 33 62-38 0 0 78 41 36 46 34 77 53 76 11 64 54 12 10 34
RP MLB AVG 7 0 9.0 0-1 0 1 1 169 107 63 43 9 6 2 0 1 10 5 1 1
Career 202 7 204.1 9-15 0 2 50 3,484 2,143 1,340 873 155 91 37 4 23 315 104 8 19

Fernando Cruz Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2022 CIN 32.8% 14.1% .167 .259 .556 .263 .250 .273 .167 .263 .249 .301 86.5 86.1 9.9 2.82
2023 CIN 35.1% 10.0% .211 .366 .661 .290 .319 .347 .196 .284 .279 .387 89.1 90.0 17.1 3.45
2024 CIN 37.8% 12.2% .216 .388 .702 .307 .338 .380 .206 .305 .313 .445 87.4 91.6 13.8 3.87
2025 NYY 36.0% 12.0% .192 .320 .620 .281 .292 .327 .209 .306 .315 .420 86.8 89.0 16.3 3.83
2026 NYY 35.7% 19.0% .212 .394 .775 .359 .313 .389 .206 .373 .275 .513 87.7 92.3 26.8 5.55
RP MLB Percentile 83 6 85 94 83 70 58 72 93 64 83 81 83 62 5 64
RP MLB AVG 22.0% 11.2% .257 .415 .761 .338 .308 .339 .248 .337 .293 .382 88.4 89.6 13.4 4.90
Career 36.1% 11.9% .205 .356 .663 .302 .314 .349 .200 .305 .296 .421 87.8 90.1 15.7 3.73

Fernando Cruz Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2022 CIN 25.4% (94.3) 0.8% (93.2) 5.8% (87.0) 40.8% (86.4) - - - 27.3% (81.7) - 26.2% 73.8%
2023 CIN 35.2% (94.3) 0.4% (93.8) 23.9% (87.9) 4.6% (83.3) - - - 35.9% (81.4) - 35.6% 64.4%
2024 CIN 32.5% (94.6) - 25.6% (88.6) - - - - 41.9% (81.5) - 32.5% 67.5%
2025 NYY 19.3% (93.9) 14.3% (93.0) - 5.9% (82.4) - - - 60.5% (80.6) - 33.6% 66.4%
2026 NYY 30.5% (93.2) 2.3% (92.4) - 12.6% (82.0) - - - 54.6% (80.3) - 32.8% 67.2%
RP MLB Percentile 41 (29) 0 (29) - 15 (8) - - - 95 (2) - 11.1% 88.6%
RP MLB AVG 34.7% (94.2) 26.8% (93.8) 21.2% (89.2) 27.9% (85.5) 23.2% (82.5) 18.1% (80.8) 19.1% (86.0) 19.9% (86.5) - (-) 47.3% 52.6%
Career 29.7% (94.3) 3.6% (93.1) 16.5% (88.2) 6.5% (84.4) - - - 43.7% (81.1) - 33.3% 66.7%

Fernando Cruz Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2022 CIN 22.7% (4) 0.0% (0) 13.3% (1) 37.7% (18) - - - 32.4% (22) - 22.1% 33.9%
2023 CIN 26.9% (30) 0.0% (0) 24.6% (22) 33.3% (10) - - - 38.3% (127) - 26.6% 32.9%
2024 CIN 27.8% (22) - 32.6% (35) - - - - 37.9% (146) - 27.8% 35.9%
2025 NYY 46.4% (12) 24.8% (4) - 34.0% (5) - - - 37.4% (136) - 37.2% 37.1%
2026 NYY 37.7% (2) 25.0% (0) - 31.8% (2) - - - 34.7% (26) - 36.8% 34.2%
RP MLB Percentile 92 (65) 34 (0) - 53 (68) - - - 88 (0) - 89.7% 65.8%
RP MLB AVG 26.5% (6) 27.9% (3) 28.0% (4) 31.0% (6) 28.7% (6) 28.0% (4) 22.4% (5) 25.0% (7) - (-) 27.9% 28.4%
Career 30.4% (70) 23.4% (4) 28.4% (58) 35.4% (35) - - - 37.4% (457) - 29.7% 35.0%

Fernando Cruz Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2022 CIN 45.5% 18.2% 27.3% 9.1% 33.3% 45.5% 36.4% 18.2% 15.8% 60.7% 30.3% 6.1% 3.0% 39.4%
2023 CIN 32.9% 25.5% 30.9% 11.4% 42.3% 44.4% 31.1% 24.5% 18.6% 61.7% 21.5% 8.1% 9.4% 38.7%
2024 CIN 39.7% 27.0% 23.4% 9.9% 42.6% 45.5% 33.6% 21.0% 16.3% 55.3% 29.1% 5.7% 9.9% 44.1%
2025 NYY 37.6% 28.7% 24.8% 8.9% 43.6% 44.6% 35.6% 19.8% 10.2% 56.5% 24.8% 9.9% 8.9% 43.6%
2026 NYY 27.8% 11.1% 44.4% 16.7% 27.8% 27.8% 50.0% 22.2% 14.4% 61.2% 22.2% 0.0% 16.7% 38.9%
RP MLB Percentile 23 95 90 87 98 2 95 56 26 87 67 72 51 87
RP MLB AVG 43.3% 22.1% 24.5% 10.1% 35.4% 41.6% 33.6% 24.8% 17.3% 61.3% 25.0% 5.9% 7.9% 38.5%
Career 36.9% 25.6% 27.4% 10.4% 41.4% 44.2% 34.1% 21.7% 15.5% 58.5% 25.3% 7.2% 9.3% 41.6%

Fernando Cruz Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2022 CIN .167 .263 .250 .273 .167 .263 .249 .301 86.5 86.1 9.9 11.1% 39.4% 20.3%
2023 CIN .211 .290 .319 .347 .196 .284 .279 .387 89.1 90.0 17.1 13.0% 38.7% 20.8%
2024 CIN .216 .307 .338 .380 .206 .305 .313 .445 87.4 91.6 13.8 27.3% 44.1% 21.9%
2025 NYY .192 .281 .292 .327 .209 .306 .315 .420 86.8 89.0 16.3 20.0% 43.6% 22.0%
2026 NYY .212 .359 .313 .389 .206 .373 .275 .513 87.7 92.3 26.8 25.0% 38.9% 16.7%
RP MLB Percentile 85 70 58 72 93 64 83 81 83 62 5 67 87 96
RP MLB AVG .257 .338 .308 .339 .248 .337 .293 .382 88.4 89.6 13.4 19.1% 38.5% 25.1%
Career .205 .302 .314 .349 .200 .305 .296 .421 87.8 90.1 15.7 19.0% 41.6% 21.2%

Fernando Cruz Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2022 CIN 35.8% 59.2% 45.8% 33.5% 37.8% 15.8% 62.2% 74.6% 48.2% 13.5% 17.3% 30.8% 12.7% 55.8% 0.55 49.2%
2023 CIN 42.1% 62.6% 48.8% 32.3% 34.6% 18.6% 65.4% 77.8% 45.5% 13.8% 16.9% 30.6% 13.4% 57.9% 0.60 52.2%
2024 CIN 41.4% 62.2% 46.7% 32.4% 38.2% 16.3% 61.8% 77.8% 38.4% 15.5% 17.8% 33.3% 12.6% 57.5% 0.66 51.1%
2025 NYY 37.6% 60.1% 42.8% 31.6% 46.3% 10.2% 53.7% 76.0% 27.6% 17.3% 19.8% 37.1% 12.8% 55.9% 0.69 49.0%
2026 NYY 41.4% 59.8% 42.0% 26.5% 41.1% 14.4% 58.9% 73.9% 33.3% 17.8% 17.2% 35.1% 10.3% 55.7% 0.69 51.7%
RP MLB Percentile 31 20 18 16 93 26 93 88 94 62 82 86 2 35 79 68
RP MLB AVG 43.9% 62.6% 46.1% 30.3% 25.6% 17.3% 74.4% 83.8% 58.4% 16.5% 11.9% 28.4% 16.8% 57.0% 0.49 49.6%
Career 40.4% 61.5% 46.2% 32.0% 38.8% 15.5% 61.2% 77.1% 38.7% 15.3% 17.9% 33.2% 12.8% 57.1% 0.64 50.9%

Fernando Cruz Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2022 CIN 35.8% 26.9% 21.2% 51.9% 25.4% 25.0% 49.6% 27.3% 51.5% 5.8%
2023 CIN 42.1% 24.8% 26.8% 48.4% 33.9% 22.8% 43.3% 31.6% 41.6% 6.4%
2024 CIN 41.4% 25.2% 27.9% 46.9% 32.6% 20.8% 46.6% 34.7% 37.4% 6.0%
2025 NYY 37.6% 34.6% 26.5% 38.9% 22.5% 17.9% 59.6% 33.1% 40.4% 6.6%
2026 NYY 41.4% 36.2% 23.0% 40.8% 28.7% 17.2% 54.0% 33.3% 43.7% 6.3%
RP MLB Percentile 31 58 78 61 24 84 89 74 48 54
RP MLB AVG 43.9% 34.8% 26.4% 38.8% 36.2% 22.7% 41.0% 30.3% 43.4% 6.3%
Career 40.4% 27.9% 26.5% 45.6% 30.0% 20.9% 49.1% 32.7% 40.8% 6.3%

Fernando Cruz Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2022 CIN 58.8% 13.1% 28.1% 9.8% 56.3% 43.8% 18.3% 32.9% 28.8%
2023 CIN 54.5% 14.3% 31.4% 12.3% 54.7% 42.1% 17.0% 29.3% 27.8%
2024 CIN 57.1% 11.8% 31.9% 12.8% 60.0% 47.7% 20.0% 26.2% 30.0%
2025 NYY 58.6% 15.7% 25.8% 10.3% 55.5% 48.0% 21.6% 33.3% 35.3%
2026 NYY 55.7% 15.5% 28.7% 11.3% 59.5% 50.0% 23.7% 22.0% 30.0%
RP MLB Percentile 14 27 57 31 50 43 70 11 73
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 13.1% 29.0% 13.7% 59.6% 49.8% 21.1% 26.4% 19.6%
Career 56.7% 13.7% 29.9% 11.8% 57.0% 45.8% 19.5% 28.9% 30.2%

Fernando Cruz PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2022 CIN 260 4.94 48.5% 14.6% 36.9% 11.5% 2.3% -0.6 +1 3.75
2023 CIN 1,120 4.95 43.5% 18.7% 37.8% 5.7% 4.3% -2.3 -1 3.78
2024 CIN 1,138 5.06 44.5% 17.8% 37.7% 6.8% 4.5% -4.8 0 0.83
2025 NYY 792 4.91 44.7% 17.9% 37.4% 7.3% 2.6% 4.1 +5 2.60
2026 NYY 174 4.74 44.8% 14.9% 40.2% 4.6% 4.6% 0.8 -1 4.71
RP MLB Percentile 41 9 27 25 13 13 44 89 89 12
RP MLB AVG 169 4.96 45.9% 17.9% 36.2% 9.6% 4.2% 1.5 +1 3.74
Career 3,484 4.94 44.5% 17.7% 37.8% 6.8% 3.7% -2.8 +3 2.58
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