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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%
1 34.2 2.08 1.21 31.9% 13.9%
87th 2
Sv
94th 27.0
IP
42nd 4.38
ERA
117th 1.39
WHIP
33rd 22.2%
K%
297th 10.2%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.2 18.3% 34.7% 53.2% 1.9% 4.86 3.80
264th 94.5
FB MPH
18th 12.1%
SwStr%
20th 28.5%
CSW%
117th 50.5%
Str-ICR
15th 4.6%
MTK%
257th 4.93
PLV
234th 3.67
PLA
Saves List
Rank
49th
Holds List
Rank
11th
Saves+Holds List
Rank
32nd

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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 38 0 34.2 4-2 1 13 2.08 1.21 2.88 3.10 4.23 3.80 31.9% 13.9% 5.7 0.52 .270 7.4% 85.0% 26.3% 30.3% 18.3% 34.7% 0.63 4.86
RP MLB Percentile 96 0 72 90-21 52 96 88 66 85 77 40 33 91 15 87 79 70 86 87 96 8 94 94 83 26
RP MLB AVG 21 1 27.0 2-1 2 4 4.38 1.39 4.36 4.37 4.41 3.67 22.2% 10.2% 8.5 1.13 .291 18.1% 72.4% 37.4% 43.5% 12.1% 28.5% 0.49 4.93
Career 228 7 230.0 11-17 3 60 3.95 1.24 3.53 3.09 3.28 3.66 35.5% 11.9% 6.7 0.90 .307 16.4% 71.2% 39.4% 36.2% 18.0% 33.4% 0.64 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 38 0 34.2 4-2 0 1 13 579 348 232 144 22 15 5 0 2 46 20 2 2
RP MLB Percentile 96 0 72 90-21 0 52 96 74 66 17 72 52 49 34 33 53 88 10 22 16
RP MLB AVG 21 1 27.0 2-1 0 2 4 475 302 174 122 26 17 5 0 3 27 12 2 1
Career 228 7 230.0 11-17 0 3 60 3,889 2,387 1,503 975 170 101 42 4 23 346 116 9 21

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 31.9% 13.9% .180 .270 .576 .270 .270 .289 .159 .263 .223 .300 83.9 85.3 24.4 2.88
RP MLB Percentile 91 15 89 90 84 79 70 75 97 85 93 86 94 86 3 85
RP MLB AVG 22.2% 10.2% .243 .393 .722 .319 .291 .322 .237 .320 .281 .362 87.8 89.4 13.3 4.36
Career 35.5% 11.9% .201 .342 .645 .292 .307 .339 .194 .293 .285 .396 87.2 89.1 16.6 3.53

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 33.3% (93.2) 2.9% (92.7) - 13.5% (82.4) - - - 50.3% (80.0) - 36.3% 63.7%
RP MLB Percentile 40 (25) 3 (28) - 20 (9) - - - 97 (0) - 17.6% 81.9%
RP MLB AVG 37.3% (94.5) 25.2% (94.0) 21.1% (89.3) 26.0% (85.2) 21.7% (82.6) 17.8% (79.6) 17.9% (86.2) 19.0% (86.4) 31.8% (68.1) 47.9% 51.9%
Career 30.2% (94.2) 3.5% (93.0) 14.8% (88.2) 7.3% (84.1) - - - 44.2% (81.0) - 33.8% 66.2%

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 33.7% (10) 23.5% (1) - 33.3% (10) - - - 36.4% (85) - 32.9% 35.8%
RP MLB Percentile 87 (55) 27 (72) - 66 (45) - - - 86 (0) - 88.1% 88.7%
RP MLB AVG 27.0% (16) 27.3% (7) 27.3% (8) 29.6% (14) 28.1% (12) 27.3% (8) 21.5% (11) 24.2% (14) 23.3% (6) 27.6% 28.8%
Career 30.6% (78) 23.4% (5) 28.4% (58) 35.1% (43) - - - 37.4% (516) - 29.9% 35.1%

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 30.3% 14.5% 35.5% 19.7% 28.9% 42.1% 38.2% 19.7% 12.3% 73.7% 15.8% 5.3% 5.3% 26.3%
RP MLB Percentile 8 88 94 94 80 48 80 19 1 96 94 53 69 96
RP MLB AVG 43.5% 21.7% 24.4% 10.4% 34.5% 41.1% 33.7% 25.2% 17.8% 62.3% 24.5% 5.9% 7.3% 37.4%
Career 36.2% 24.4% 28.0% 11.6% 40.0% 44.4% 34.1% 21.4% 15.1% 60.6% 24.0% 7.2% 8.4% 39.4%

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 .180 .270 .270 .289 .159 .263 .223 .300 83.9 85.3 24.4 7.4% 26.3% 13.9%
RP MLB Percentile 89 79 70 75 97 85 93 86 94 86 3 86 96 98
RP MLB AVG .243 .319 .291 .322 .237 .320 .281 .362 87.8 89.4 13.3 18.1% 37.4% 24.8%
Career .201 .292 .307 .339 .194 .293 .285 .396 87.2 89.1 16.6 16.4% 39.4% 20.3%

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 41.5% 60.1% 43.7% 28.9% 41.9% 12.3% 58.1% 74.2% 32.7% 16.4% 18.3% 34.7% 13.1% 56.3% 0.63 53.2%
RP MLB Percentile 18 11 12 22 99 1 99 95 99 55 94 94 6 24 83 66
RP MLB AVG 44.4% 63.3% 46.9% 31.2% 25.7% 17.8% 74.3% 83.8% 58.4% 16.4% 12.1% 28.5% 17.1% 57.8% 0.49 50.5%
Career 40.5% 61.4% 46.0% 31.7% 39.1% 15.1% 60.9% 76.8% 38.1% 15.4% 18.0% 33.4% 12.9% 57.0% 0.64 51.2%

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 41.5% 34.9% 29.9% 35.2% 24.4% 19.0% 56.6% 29.9% 40.2% 6.7%
RP MLB Percentile 18 49 19 33 6 86 97 51 27 51
RP MLB AVG 44.4% 34.6% 26.9% 38.5% 36.4% 22.8% 40.8% 30.0% 43.1% 6.5%
Career 40.5% 28.6% 27.1% 44.3% 29.2% 20.8% 50.0% 32.3% 40.6% 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 58.7% 15.7% 25.8% 10.3% 55.2% 47.8% 21.5% 33.3% 35.3%
2026 NYY 57.3% 17.6% 25.6% 11.1% 57.6% 48.6% 19.3% 27.0% 31.1%
RP MLB Percentile 35 3 9 14 23 35 35 43 97
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.4% 29.6% 14.4% 60.5% 49.7% 21.0% 26.3% 19.1%
Career 56.8% 14.2% 29.3% 11.7% 56.9% 46.0% 19.3% 28.9% 30.4%

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 579 4.86 43.8% 17.9% 38.3% 5.5% 1.9% -6.4 -5 3.80
RP MLB Percentile 74 26 31 41 27 27 95 90 87 33
RP MLB AVG 475 4.93 45.9% 17.2% 36.9% 9.0% 4.6% 0.9 +0 3.67
Career 3,889 4.93 44.9% 17.1% 38.0% 6.9% 3.4% -6.6 0 3.66
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