Fernando Cruz

#63 - Relief Pitcher

Cincinnati Reds

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	3/28/1990 (34)
Height, Weight	6'2", 237 lb
Hometown	Bayamon, PRI

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	0	55.1	5.04	1.36	35.6%	12.1%

	183^rd 3 Sv	82^nd 41 IP	263^rd 4.10 ERA	217^th 1.30 WHIP	12^th 23.5% K%	283^rd 9.1% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	94.7	18.2%	33.4%	-	5.4%	5.06	3.51

	166^th 94.2 FB MPH	14^th 12.6% SwStr%	26^th 29.1% CSW%	- Str-ICR	155^th - MTK%	227^th 5.13 PLV	225^th - PLA

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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	3.66	3.75	32.8%	14.1%	5.5	0.61	.250	8.3%	90.9%	39.4%	45.5%	17.3%	30.8%	0.55	5.01
2023	CIN	58	2	66.0	1-2	0	7	4.91	1.21	3.45	2.83	3.41	4.18	35.1%	10.0%	7.1	0.82	.319	9.5%	58.4%	38.7%	32.9%	16.9%	30.6%	0.60	4.94
2024	CIN	66	3	61.1	3-8	0	23	4.99	1.32	3.97	3.16	2.70	3.36	37.5%	11.4%	7.5	1.17	.344	17.8%	67.8%	44.8%	38.3%	18.1%	33.7%	0.67	5.11
RP MLB Percentile		92	0	75	56-0	0	96	24	36	43	81	92	34	96	18	60	51	14	30	26	5	24	96	91	-	33
RP MLB AVG		37	0	41.0	2-2	3	6	4.10	1.30	4.20	4.09	4.04	3.19	23.5%	9.1%	8.1	1.07	.288	12.5%	71.9%	37.1%	44.7%	12.6%	29.1%	0.53	5.13
Career		138	7	142.0	4-11	0	31	4.56	1.26	-	-	-	3.78	35.9%	11.0%	7.1	0.95	.322	12.5%	66.0%	41.3%	36.5%	17.5%	32.0%	0.62	5.02

Repertoire

Splitter | 42%
Four-Seamer | 32%
Cutter | 26%
Sinker | 0%
Slider | 0%
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2022 2023 2024 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	27.3%	81.7	19.7%	45.6%	54.9%	31.0%	1.4%	32.4%	49.3%	28.6%	42.9%	28.6%	0.0%	.048	.143	-1	-1.4	4.2%	5.02
2023	35.9%	81.4	32.3%	44.5%	62.4%	31.6%	6.7%	38.3%	56.5%	27.8%	44.4%	32.4%	6.3%	.094	.278	-11	-12.8	8.2%	4.98
2024	42.4%	81.6	30.9%	40.8%	58.9%	30.0%	7.7%	37.7%	54.8%	50.0%	21.9%	27.3%	0.0%	.117	.406	-6	-7.7	7.7%	4.98
RP MLB Percentile	97	3	52	59	51	95	52	95	32	24	56	81	56	71	32	98	98	40	43
RP MLB AVG	20.1%	86.7	30.1%	37.5%	57.4%	16.8%	7.6%	24.4%	43.3%	55.5%	21.7%	40.5%	12.7%	.218	.300	+1	0.6	6.7%	5.02

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.100	.177	.300	.306	-	0.0%	28.6%	82.0	76.0	22.4	2.0	2.5	-1.2	5.7	7.0	920
2023	.089	.145	.247	.343	-	5.6%	32.4%	80.3	83.6	16.4	3.2	2.2	-1.2	5.9	6.8	875
2024	.105	.163	.369	.380	-	3.1%	27.3%	78.7	82.5	6.4	3.6	2.2	-0.8	6.0	6.9	884
RP MLB Percentile	81	75	14	29	-	33	81	90	68	46	10	44	79	79	73	13
RP MLB AVG	.204	.245	.264	.312	-	3.6%	40.5%	85.8	85.1	5.5	6.2	2.2	-1.3	5.7	6.6	1,261

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	71	24	39	32	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	14	2	1
2023	402	125	251	151	6	4	0	1	11	13	12	80	8	0
2024	440	123	259	181	9	4	0	0	13	13	9	79	10	1
RP MLB Percentile	98	98	98	0	16	0	11	33	16	-	-	98	0	5
RP MLB AVG	113	31	67	46	4	1	0	1	6	8	7	11	2	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	28.6%	28.6%	42.9%	28.6%	71.4%	0.0%	28.6%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	28.6%	-	71.5%	28.6%
2023	27.8%	27.8%	44.4%	8.3%	56.8%	24.3%	18.9%	19.4%	8.3%	5.6%	50.0%	-	66.6%	32.4%
2024	50.0%	28.1%	21.9%	6.3%	54.5%	30.3%	15.2%	25.0%	0.0%	3.1%	34.4%	-	71.9%	27.3%
RP MLB Percentile	24	33	56	68	62	37	51	56	54	33	38	-	-	81
RP MLB AVG	55.5%	22.8%	21.7%	4.7%	51.4%	33.0%	15.6%	23.8%	5.8%	3.6%	32.3%	-	66.7%	40.5%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.048	.140	.143	.143	-1	.100	.177	.300	.306	82.0	76.0	22.4	0.0
2023	.094	.143	.278	.297	-11	.089	.145	.247	.343	80.3	83.6	16.4	6.3
2024	.117	.169	.406	.406	-6	.105	.163	.369	.380	78.7	82.5	6.4	0.0
RP MLB Percentile	71	67	32	37	98	81	75	14	29	90	68	46	56
RP MLB AVG	.218	.255	.300	.321	+1	.204	.245	.264	.312	85.8	85.1	5.5	12.7

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	19.7%	54.9%	53.5%	45.6%	57.9%	12.7%	42.1%	50.0%	38.5%	1.4%	31.0%	32.4%	17.9%	9.9%	53.5%	0.55	49.3%
2023	32.3%	62.4%	55.7%	44.5%	56.7%	14.9%	43.3%	56.3%	32.2%	6.7%	31.6%	38.3%	14.7%	9.2%	59.7%	0.83	56.5%
2024	30.9%	58.9%	51.1%	40.8%	58.7%	13.6%	41.3%	63.4%	23.4%	7.7%	30.0%	37.7%	12.7%	7.5%	55.9%	0.78	54.8%
RP MLB Percentile	52	51	44	59	97	30	98	87	94	52	95	95	90	87	60	5	32
RP MLB AVG	30.1%	57.4%	49.8%	37.5%	33.2%	15.9%	66.8%	78.9%	53.3%	7.6%	16.8%	24.4%	-	-	51.8%	0.30	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	19.7%	35.2%	15.5%	49.3%	8.5%	15.5%	76.1%	23.9%	60.6%	2.8%
2023	32.3%	26.1%	24.1%	49.8%	19.4%	11.7%	68.9%	34.1%	41.8%	2.7%
2024	30.9%	28.4%	28.2%	43.4%	16.6%	13.6%	69.8%	33.2%	38.6%	4.3%
RP MLB Percentile	52	2	63	97	62	29	49	84	16	75
RP MLB AVG	30.1%	51.3%	24.9%	23.8%	13.7%	17.1%	69.2%	24.7%	50.5%	3.3%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	36.6%	1.4%	62.0%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	3.8%	40.9%	31.8%
2023	38.6%	2.0%	59.5%	4.5%	46.4%	46.4%	13.5%	32.6%	33.5%
2024	42.7%	0.9%	56.4%	4.8%	51.2%	51.2%	12.8%	29.8%	31.9%
RP MLB Percentile	21	76	81	17	21	38	60	37	87
RP MLB AVG	51.1%	6.4%	42.5%	13.5%	59.1%	46.1%	12.6%	34.7%	19.5%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	81.7	7.0	3.2	2.3	5.8	-8.5	-0.4	920	5.02
2023	81.4	6.8	5.0	1.7	7.4	-8.3	-1.0	875	4.98
2024	81.6	6.9	5.9	1.4	8.1	-8.6	-1.0	884	4.98
RP MLB Percentile	3	73	11	41	19	6	6	13	43
RP MLB AVG	86.7	6.6	-	-	-	-	-	1,261	5.02

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2022	71	5.02	3.75	43.7%	18.3%	38.0%	5.6%	-1.4	-1
2023	402	4.98	4.08	39.8%	21.6%	38.6%	1.2%	-12.8	-11
2024	440	4.98	3.77	46.6%	13.2%	40.2%	6.4%	-7.7	-6
RP MLB Percentile	98	43	-	60	17	46	46	98	98
RP MLB AVG	113	5.02	0.58	43.2%	18.9%	38.0%	5.2%	0.6	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	25.4%	94.3	40.9%	20.5%	53.0%	6.1%	16.7%	22.7%	40.9%	44.4%	33.3%	44.4%	33.3%	.167	.125	+0	0.6	6.1%	4.78
2023	35.2%	94.3	51.8%	22.6%	65.0%	7.6%	19.3%	26.9%	50.3%	34.3%	40.3%	43.3%	7.4%	.300	.338	+1	0.2	9.6%	4.80
2024	31.9%	94.7	50.5%	21.3%	64.0%	6.3%	21.1%	27.5%	44.7%	34.5%	36.4%	58.2%	10.0%	.300	.358	+5	2.1	4.2%	5.00
RP MLB Percentile	30	50	49	24	43	14	75	40	88	39	37	5	48	18	25	7	15	66	55
RP MLB AVG	39.8%	94.2	50.9%	26.5%	65.5%	10.9%	16.8%	27.7%	52.0%	36.3%	41.1%	41.4%	13.0%	.248	.297	+0	-0.2	6.7%	4.94

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.187	.377	.152	.364	-	11.1%	44.4%	97.0	101.8	9.4	4.2	9.8	-1.3	5.6	7.0	2,246
2023	.270	.372	.288	.377	-	7.5%	43.3%	93.3	90.9	18.0	4.8	9.7	-1.3	5.8	6.8	2,217
2024	.304	.382	.350	.454	-	7.3%	58.2%	92.6	91.9	18.5	4.2	9.9	-1.0	5.9	6.8	2,273
RP MLB Percentile	12	19	16	20	-	57	5	30	26	54	32	70	62	68	76	46
RP MLB AVG	.245	.340	.290	.385	-	9.0%	41.4%	90.1	88.4	18.5	5.0	8.9	-0.8	5.6	6.5	2,284

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	66	16	35	31	1	0	0	1	2	4	4	3	4	0
2023	394	96	256	138	13	7	2	2	24	30	29	14	14	1
2024	331	78	212	119	12	6	1	2	21	26	32	16	7	0
RP MLB Percentile	73	70	72	24	18	4	1	27	14	-	-	54	34	40
RP MLB AVG	221	55	146	75	7	2	0	2	11	15	14	13	7	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	44.4%	22.2%	33.3%	11.1%	55.6%	33.3%	11.1%	11.1%	22.2%	11.1%	33.3%	-	55.5%	44.4%
2023	34.3%	25.4%	40.3%	11.9%	37.3%	34.3%	28.4%	23.9%	11.9%	7.5%	37.3%	-	56.8%	43.3%
2024	34.5%	29.1%	36.4%	7.3%	38.2%	36.4%	25.5%	40.0%	10.9%	7.3%	47.3%	-	41.8%	58.2%
RP MLB Percentile	39	18	37	19	66	64	18	5	19	57	9	-	-	5
RP MLB AVG	36.3%	22.7%	41.1%	12.8%	32.2%	34.9%	33.0%	25.5%	7.0%	9.0%	37.5%	-	58.6%	41.4%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.167	.357	.125	.222	+0	.187	.377	.152	.364	97.0	101.8	9.4	33.3
2023	.300	.394	.338	.358	+1	.270	.372	.288	.377	93.3	90.9	18.0	7.4
2024	.300	.367	.358	.382	+5	.304	.382	.350	.454	92.6	91.9	18.5	10.0
RP MLB Percentile	18	24	25	26	7	12	19	16	20	30	26	54	48
RP MLB AVG	.248	.336	.297	.332	+0	.245	.340	.290	.385	90.1	88.4	18.5	13.0

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	40.9%	53.0%	36.4%	20.5%	16.7%	16.7%	83.3%	93.8%	62.5%	16.7%	6.1%	22.7%	25.7%	13.6%	50.0%	0.24	40.9%
2023	51.8%	65.0%	45.7%	22.6%	16.7%	21.1%	83.3%	85.4%	76.7%	19.3%	7.6%	26.9%	26.2%	17.0%	58.9%	0.50	50.3%
2024	50.5%	64.0%	42.9%	21.3%	14.8%	19.9%	85.2%	85.0%	85.7%	21.1%	6.3%	27.5%	25.9%	16.6%	57.7%	0.50	44.7%
RP MLB Percentile	49	43	29	24	15	41	15	32	8	75	14	40	30	33	33	65	88
RP MLB AVG	50.9%	65.5%	48.7%	26.5%	22.2%	21.6%	77.8%	81.8%	66.6%	16.8%	10.9%	27.7%	-	-	60.1%	0.54	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	40.9%	47.0%	27.3%	25.8%	54.5%	21.2%	24.2%	36.4%	36.4%	6.1%
2023	51.8%	30.2%	36.5%	33.2%	50.5%	29.4%	20.1%	29.7%	33.8%	10.9%
2024	50.5%	28.4%	30.2%	41.4%	55.6%	25.7%	18.7%	38.4%	31.4%	6.6%
RP MLB Percentile	49	16	64	79	68	36	38	93	4	39
RP MLB AVG	50.9%	35.1%	27.8%	37.1%	51.0%	26.7%	22.3%	29.0%	43.2%	7.8%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	59.1%	19.7%	21.2%	5.1%	45.8%	37.5%	20.5%	21.4%	21.4%
2023	56.3%	23.9%	19.8%	17.1%	57.9%	39.3%	18.9%	21.8%	17.9%
2024	67.7%	13.9%	18.4%	17.0%	62.7%	44.9%	23.2%	21.3%	26.2%
RP MLB Percentile	98	56	3	83	63	28	56	55	70
RP MLB AVG	54.4%	14.5%	31.1%	13.5%	61.9%	50.9%	21.8%	20.9%	18.3%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	94.3	7.0	6.8	15.1	17.5	-4.5	1.2	2,246	4.78
2023	94.3	6.8