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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 53.2 2.85 1.32 29.3% 13.5%
82nd 3
Sv
96th 44.0
IP
69th 4.24
ERA
173rd 1.35
WHIP
42nd 22.6%
K%
303rd 9.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.2 17.3% 33.8% 51.8% 1.8% 4.90 3.78
267th 94.6
FB MPH
15th 12.2%
SwStr%
12th 28.5%
CSW%
144th 51.1%
Str-ICR
5th 4.7%
MTK%
201st 4.94
PLV
223rd 3.49
PLA
Holds List
Rank
26th
Saves+Holds List
Rank
44th

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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 60 0 53.2 4-6 2 19 2.85 1.32 3.64 3.89 4.18 3.78 29.3% 13.5% 6.7 1.01 .276 15.4% 80.5% 30.2% 34.1% 17.3% 33.8% 0.60 4.90
RP MLB Percentile 96 0 72 72-5 66 95 80 51 71 59 54 37 88 13 77 53 62 57 82 91 14 95 96 80 40
RP MLB AVG 35 2 44.0 2-2 3 6 4.24 1.35 4.24 4.23 4.28 3.49 22.6% 9.7% 8.3 1.12 .290 17.6% 72.6% 37.1% 43.6% 12.2% 28.5% 0.51 4.94
Career 250 7 249.0 11-21 4 66 3.98 1.27 3.64 3.26 3.34 3.67 34.6% 12.0% 6.8 0.98 .305 17.8% 71.3% 39.0% 36.5% 17.8% 33.3% 0.63 4.94

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 60 0 53.2 4-6 0 2 19 924 557 368 229 40 23 11 0 6 67 31 2 4
RP MLB Percentile 96 0 72 72-5 0 66 95 76 72 16 74 39 47 16 45 28 88 9 38 8
RP MLB AVG 35 2 44.0 2-2 0 3 6 736 470 266 189 40 26 7 1 5 43 18 2 2
Career 250 7 249.0 11-21 0 4 66 4,234 2,596 1,639 1,060 188 109 48 4 27 367 127 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 29.3% 13.5% .206 .356 .675 .301 .276 .310 .186 .295 .230 .351 85.8 88.5 21.5 3.64
RP MLB Percentile 88 13 78 63 62 63 62 58 91 71 94 55 81 60 7 71
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.7% .241 .391 .714 .315 .290 .321 .236 .316 .281 .361 87.7 89.1 13.3 4.24
Career 34.6% 12.0% .205 .355 .661 .296 .305 .339 .197 .298 .281 .398 87.3 89.6 16.7 3.64

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 NYY32.0% (93.2)3.0% (92.6)-13.5% (82.2)---51.4% (80.0)- 35.1% 64.9%
RP MLB Percentile 35 (24) 1 (29) - 21 (8) - - - 98 (0) - 15.3% 84.4%
RP MLB AVG 38.2% (94.6) 26.5% (93.9) 20.2% (89.4) 25.5% (85.7) 21.3% (82.4) 16.3% (79.7) 17.2% (86.1) 17.9% (86.6) 32.8% (68.2) 48.4% 51.5%
Career30.2% (94.1)3.5% (93.0)13.6% (88.2)7.8% (83.7)---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 NYY32.4% (15)25.0% (2)-36.8% (16)---34.3% (127)- 31.8% 34.8%
RP MLB Percentile 86 (60) 28 (77) - 84 (44) - - - 91 (0) - 85.5% 89.8%
RP MLB AVG 26.9% (26) 27.4% (11) 26.7% (13) 29.7% (23) 28.2% (17) 27.0% (11) 21.6% (16) 22.8% (18) 22.0% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career30.6% (83)23.6% (6)28.4% (58)36.2% (49)---36.8% (558)- 29.9% 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 34.1% 17.8% 30.2% 17.8% 31.0% 43.4% 35.7% 20.9% 12.6% 69.8% 16.3% 5.4% 8.5% 30.2%
RP MLB Percentile 14 80 86 93 74 66 68 17 1 92 98 52 25 91
RP MLB AVG 43.6% 21.7% 24.5% 10.2% 34.8% 41.0% 33.7% 25.3% 18.2% 62.6% 24.6% 5.9% 6.9% 37.1%
Career 36.5% 24.2% 27.5% 11.9% 39.4% 44.5% 33.9% 21.5% 14.9% 61.0% 23.3% 7.1% 8.9% 39.0%

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 .206 .301 .276 .310 .186 .295 .230 .351 85.8 88.5 21.5 15.4% 30.2% 17.0%
RP MLB Percentile 78 63 62 58 91 71 94 55 81 60 7 57 91 95
RP MLB AVG .241 .315 .290 .321 .236 .316 .281 .361 87.7 89.1 13.3 17.6% 37.1% 24.7%
Career .205 .296 .305 .339 .197 .298 .281 .398 87.3 89.6 16.7 17.8% 39.0% 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 40.0% 60.3% 43.8% 30.3% 39.5% 12.6% 60.5% 76.4% 38.1% 16.5% 17.3% 33.8% 14.0% 56.0% 0.60 51.8%
RP MLB Percentile 6 12 14 39 99 1 99 94 99 54 95 96 9 20 80 59
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.9% 47.5% 31.8% 25.6% 18.2% 74.4% 83.9% 58.5% 16.4% 12.2% 28.5% 17.1% 58.4% 0.51 51.1%
Career 40.2% 61.3% 45.9% 31.8% 38.8% 14.9% 61.2% 77.0% 38.8% 15.4% 17.8% 33.3% 13.1% 56.9% 0.63 51.1%

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 40.0% 36.7% 29.7% 33.7% 27.8% 18.3% 53.9% 29.7% 40.7% 5.8%
RP MLB Percentile 6 67 20 22 11 92 97 51 30 23
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.5% 27.1% 38.4% 36.4% 22.9% 40.7% 29.8% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 40.2% 29.5% 27.3% 43.2% 29.6% 20.5% 49.9% 32.0% 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 58.4% 16.1% 26.2% 11.7% 57.7% 50.7% 19.6% 27.7% 27.7%
RP MLB Percentile 46 3 8 14 24 52 30 59 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% 11.7% 57.0% 46.6% 19.4% 28.9% 29.7%

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 924 4.90 45.4% 16.6% 37.9% 7.5% 1.8% -2.0 -3 3.78
RP MLB Percentile 76 40 39 36 37 37 98 65 64 37
RP MLB AVG 736 4.94 46.0% 17.4% 36.6% 9.3% 4.7% 0.7 0 3.49
Career 4,234 4.94 45.1% 16.9% 37.9% 7.2% 3.2% -2.2 +2 3.67
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