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Fernando Cruz

#63 - 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%
2 54.2 3.13 1.34 28.6% 13.7%
82nd 3
Sv
94th 44.0
IP
85th 4.24
ERA
178th 1.35
WHIP
49th 22.6%
K%
310th 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.2 17.2% 33.6% 51.7% 1.9% 4.88 3.85
267th 94.6
FB MPH
16th 12.2%
SwStr%
14th 28.5%
CSW%
147th 51.2%
Str-ICR
6th 4.7%
MTK%
212th 4.94
PLV
233rd 3.54
PLA

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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 3.52 37.8% 12.2% 7.3 1.21 .338 27.3% 69.8% 44.1% 39.7% 17.8% 33.3% 0.66 4.98
2025 NYY 49 0 48.0 3-4 2 16 3.56 1.19 3.83 3.18 3.10 3.57 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 61 0 54.2 4-6 2 19 3.13 1.34 3.79 4.17 4.39 3.85 28.6% 13.7% 6.7 1.15 .270 16.3% 79.8% 30.1% 33.1% 17.2% 33.6% 0.59 4.88
RP MLB Percentile 96 0 72 71-5 65 95 76 46 63 47 42 33 86 11 77 41 65 52 82 90 11 95 95 78 38
RP MLB AVG 35 2 44.0 2-2 3 6 4.24 1.35 4.24 4.23 4.28 3.54 22.6% 9.8% 8.3 1.12 .289 17.6% 72.6% 37.0% 43.6% 12.2% 28.5% 0.50 4.94
Career 251 7 250.0 11-21 4 66 4.03 1.27 3.67 3.33 3.39 3.68 34.5% 12.0% 6.8 1.01 .303 17.9% 71.1% 38.9% 36.3% 17.8% 33.2% 0.63 4.93

Fernando Cruz Repertoire

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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 16 792 476 317 200 33 21 7 0 5 72 24 3 5
2026 NYY 61 0 54.2 4-6 0 2 19 944 568 377 234 41 23 11 0 7 67 32 2 4
RP MLB Percentile 96 0 72 71-5 0 65 95 77 73 15 75 38 49 16 45 20 88 8 38 8
RP MLB AVG 35 2 44.0 2-2 0 3 6 746 477 270 191 40 27 8 1 5 43 18 2 2
Career 251 7 250.0 11-21 0 4 66 4,254 2,607 1,648 1,065 189 109 48 4 28 367 128 9 23

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 28.6% 13.7% .207 .369 .690 .306 .270 .308 .189 .302 .227 .358 85.8 88.3 21.9 3.79
RP MLB Percentile 86 11 76 59 59 58 65 60 90 63 95 50 82 61 6 63
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.8% .240 .390 .712 .314 .289 .320 .235 .316 .280 .360 87.7 89.2 13.3 4.24
Career 34.5% 12.0% .205 .358 .665 .298 .303 .338 .198 .299 .280 .400 87.3 89.5 16.8 3.67

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 CIN25.4% (94.3)0.8% (93.2)5.8% (87.0)40.8% (86.4)---27.3% (81.7)- 26.2% 73.8%
2023 CIN35.2% (94.3)0.5% (93.8)23.9% (87.9)4.6% (83.3)---35.9% (81.4)- 35.6% 64.4%
2024 CIN32.5% (94.6)-25.6% (88.6)----41.9% (81.5)- 32.5% 67.5%
2025 NYY19.3% (93.9)14.3% (93.0)-5.9% (82.4)---60.5% (80.6)- 33.6% 66.4%
2026 NYY31.9% (93.2)3.0% (92.6)-10.1% (82.4)3.8% (81.7)--51.3% (80.0)- 34.9% 65.1%
RP MLB Percentile 34 (23) 1 (29) - 19 (7) 0 (29) - - 98 (0) - 14.5% 84.7%
RP MLB AVG 38.3% (94.6) 26.5% (94.0) 20.1% (89.4) 25.7% (85.8) 21.2% (82.4) 15.9% (79.9) 17.0% (86.2) 18.0% (86.6) 37.0% (65.3) 48.5% 51.4%
Career30.2% (94.1)3.5% (93.0)13.5% (88.2)7.0% (84.0)0.9% (81.7)--45.0% (80.9)- 33.7% 66.3%

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 CIN22.7% (4)0.0% (0)13.3% (1)37.7% (18)---32.4% (22)- 22.1% 33.9%
2023 CIN26.9% (30)0.0% (0)24.6% (22)33.3% (10)---38.3% (127)- 26.6% 32.9%
2024 CIN27.8% (22)-32.6% (35)----37.9% (146)- 27.8% 35.9%
2025 NYY46.4% (12)24.8% (4)-34.0% (5)---37.4% (136)- 37.2% 37.1%
2026 NYY32.2% (15)25.0% (2)-35.8% (13)41.7% (4)--33.9% (128)- 31.6% 34.6%
RP MLB Percentile 85 (61) 29 (76) - 84 (45) 99 (89) - - 91 (0) - 85.0% 89.8%
RP MLB AVG 26.9% (27) 27.4% (11) 26.5% (13) 29.9% (23) 28.3% (17) 27.0% (11) 21.4% (16) 23.0% (18) 22.3% (7) 27.8% 28.8%
Career30.5% (83)23.6% (6)28.4% (58)35.8% (46)41.7% (4)--36.6% (559)- 29.8% 34.9%

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 33.1% 17.3% 32.3% 17.3% 31.6% 43.6% 36.1% 20.3% 12.5% 70.0% 15.8% 5.3% 9.0% 30.1%
RP MLB Percentile 11 84 93 93 71 67 71 14 1 91 99 54 21 90
RP MLB AVG 43.6% 21.6% 24.6% 10.2% 34.7% 40.9% 33.7% 25.4% 18.2% 62.8% 24.5% 5.9% 6.9% 37.0%
Career 36.3% 24.1% 28.0% 11.8% 39.5% 44.6% 34.0% 21.4% 14.9% 61.0% 23.2% 7.0% 9.0% 38.9%

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 .207 .306 .270 .308 .189 .302 .227 .358 85.8 88.3 21.9 16.3% 30.1% 17.1%
RP MLB Percentile 76 58 65 60 90 63 95 50 82 61 6 52 90 95
RP MLB AVG .240 .314 .289 .320 .235 .316 .280 .360 87.7 89.2 13.3 17.6% 37.0% 24.6%
Career .205 .298 .303 .338 .198 .299 .280 .400 87.3 89.5 16.8 17.9% 38.9% 20.5%

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 39.8% 60.2% 43.8% 30.3% 39.2% 12.5% 60.8% 76.8% 38.4% 16.4% 17.2% 33.6% 14.1% 55.8% 0.59 51.7%
RP MLB Percentile 5 10 15 39 99 1 99 93 99 50 95 95 9 19 78 58
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.8% 25.6% 18.2% 74.4% 83.9% 58.5% 16.4% 12.2% 28.5% 17.1% 58.4% 0.50 51.2%
Career 40.2% 61.3% 45.8% 31.8% 38.8% 14.9% 61.2% 77.1% 38.8% 15.4% 17.8% 33.2% 13.2% 56.8% 0.63 51.0%

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% 22.6% 17.8% 59.6% 33.1% 40.4% 6.6%
2026 NYY 39.8% 36.5% 30.0% 33.5% 27.9% 18.4% 53.7% 29.2% 40.8% 6.0%
RP MLB Percentile 5 65 18 21 11 92 97 47 30 28
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.4% 27.1% 38.5% 36.4% 22.9% 40.7% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 40.2% 29.5% 27.4% 43.1% 29.6% 20.5% 49.9% 31.9% 40.7% 6.2%

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 58.7% 15.7% 25.8% 10.3% 55.2% 47.8% 21.5% 33.3% 35.3%
2026 NYY 58.6% 16.0% 26.2% 11.8% 57.8% 50.9% 19.7% 27.5% 27.1%
RP MLB Percentile 50 4 8 14 24 54 31 58 97
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.1% 30.0% 14.4% 61.0% 50.2% 21.2% 26.8% 19.2%
Career 57.1% 14.2% 29.1% 11.8% 57.0% 46.7% 19.4% 28.9% 29.6%

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 43.6% 18.6% 37.8% 5.8% 4.3% -2.3 -1 3.78
2024 CIN 1,138 4.98 46.2% 15.7% 38.0% 8.2% 3.7% 4.2 +4 3.52
2025 NYY 792 4.91 44.3% 17.4% 38.3% 5.9% 3.0% -1.5 +1 3.57
2026 NYY 944 4.88 45.5% 16.3% 38.2% 7.3% 1.9% -1.3 -2 3.85
RP MLB Percentile 77 38 37 35 32 32 98 60 64 33
RP MLB AVG 746 4.94 46.0% 17.4% 36.6% 9.3% 4.7% 0.7 0 3.54
Career 4,254 4.93 45.1% 16.9% 38.0% 7.1% 3.2% -1.5 +3 3.68
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