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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 40.0 2.25 1.23 29.9% 13.2%
97th 2
Sv
99th 33.0
IP
37th 4.33
ERA
112th 1.37
WHIP
32nd 22.3%
K%
283rd 10.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.2 18.2% 34.4% 53.1% 1.9% 4.90 3.68
262nd 94.4
FB MPH
10th 12.1%
SwStr%
8th 28.4%
CSW%
90th 50.7%
Str-ICR
9th 4.6%
MTK%
200th 4.93
PLV
207th 3.55
PLA
Holds List
Rank
13th
Saves+Holds List
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 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 44 0 40.0 4-3 1 16 2.25 1.23 2.90 3.05 4.29 3.68 29.9% 13.2% 6.1 0.45 .275 6.5% 80.9% 26.9% 33.3% 18.2% 34.4% 0.62 4.90
RP MLB Percentile 94 0 70 84-13 47 97 89 66 89 84 50 41 91 19 85 87 63 91 80 96 13 97 97 86 41
RP MLB AVG 26 1 33.0 2-2 2 4 4.33 1.37 4.30 4.33 4.38 3.55 22.3% 10.0% 8.4 1.15 .291 18.3% 72.3% 37.2% 43.5% 12.1% 28.4% 0.50 4.93
Career 234 7 235.1 11-18 3 63 3.94 1.25 3.51 3.09 3.32 3.65 35.1% 11.8% 6.7 0.88 .306 16.0% 70.8% 39.0% 36.6% 18.0% 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 44 0 40.0 4-3 0 1 16 669 405 265 167 27 19 6 0 2 50 22 2 3
RP MLB Percentile 94 0 70 84-13 0 47 97 73 68 19 70 49 44 33 38 65 86 11 25 9
RP MLB AVG 26 1 33.0 2-2 0 2 4 562 358 204 144 31 20 6 1 4 32 14 2 1
Career 234 7 235.1 11-18 0 3 63 3,979 2,444 1,536 998 175 105 43 4 23 350 118 9 22

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 29.9% 13.2% .191 .277 .582 .269 .275 .290 .167 .263 .222 .297 83.8 86.5 22.8 2.90
RP MLB Percentile 91 19 85 92 85 81 63 72 96 89 95 91 94 78 5 89
RP MLB AVG 22.3% 10.0% .243 .394 .720 .318 .291 .322 .238 .320 .282 .362 87.7 89.3 13.3 4.30
Career 35.1% 11.8% .203 .342 .645 .291 .306 .337 .195 .292 .283 .392 87.1 89.2 16.6 3.51

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 NYY33.0% (93.2)3.0% (92.7)-12.7% (82.4)---51.3% (80.0)- 36.0% 64.0%
RP MLB Percentile 38 (25) 2 (29) - 19 (9) - - - 99 (0) - 14.3% 85.1%
RP MLB AVG 38.0% (94.4) 25.6% (93.9) 20.7% (89.4) 25.7% (85.2) 21.5% (82.5) 16.8% (79.8) 17.2% (86.3) 18.5% (86.4) 32.7% (68.2) 48.3% 51.5%
Career30.3% (94.2)3.5% (93.0)14.4% (88.2)7.3% (84.0)---44.5% (80.9)- 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 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 NYY33.0% (11)25.0% (1)-34.1% (12)---35.9% (98)- 32.4% 35.5%
RP MLB Percentile 85 (59) 32 (77) - 76 (42) - - - 89 (0) - 86.3% 94.0%
RP MLB AVG 27.0% (20) 26.9% (8) 27.2% (10) 29.2% (16) 28.1% (13) 27.2% (9) 21.5% (12) 23.5% (15) 23.9% (7) 27.7% 28.7%
Career30.6% (79)23.6% (5)28.4% (58)35.3% (45)---37.2% (529)- 29.8% 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 33.3% 15.1% 33.3% 18.3% 28.0% 41.9% 37.6% 20.4% 12.3% 73.1% 16.1% 5.4% 5.4% 26.9%
RP MLB Percentile 13 88 92 92 85 54 74 18 1 97 95 49 70 96
RP MLB AVG 43.5% 21.8% 24.4% 10.4% 34.7% 41.0% 33.9% 25.1% 18.0% 62.5% 24.4% 5.9% 7.2% 37.2%
Career 36.6% 24.2% 27.9% 11.6% 39.5% 44.3% 34.2% 21.5% 15.0% 61.0% 23.8% 7.2% 8.3% 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 .191 .269 .275 .290 .167 .263 .222 .297 83.8 86.5 22.8 6.5% 26.9% 15.0%
RP MLB Percentile 85 81 63 72 96 89 95 91 94 78 5 91 96 97
RP MLB AVG .243 .318 .291 .322 .238 .320 .282 .362 87.7 89.3 13.3 18.3% 37.2% 24.7%
Career .203 .291 .306 .337 .195 .292 .283 .392 87.1 89.2 16.6 16.0% 39.0% 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 41.1% 60.5% 44.4% 29.9% 41.1% 12.3% 58.9% 74.9% 34.7% 16.1% 18.2% 34.4% 13.9% 56.5% 0.62 53.1%
RP MLB Percentile 15 16 21 35 99 1 99 94 99 46 97 97 9 28 86 73
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.5% 47.1% 31.4% 25.5% 18.0% 74.5% 84.0% 58.5% 16.3% 12.1% 28.4% 17.1% 58.0% 0.50 50.7%
Career 40.4% 61.4% 46.1% 31.9% 39.0% 15.0% 61.0% 76.8% 38.3% 15.3% 18.0% 33.3% 13.1% 57.0% 0.63 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 41.1% 35.0% 30.6% 34.4% 25.4% 19.1% 55.5% 29.1% 40.2% 6.7%
RP MLB Percentile 15 53 13 26 7 87 98 43 25 54
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.7% 27.0% 38.3% 36.5% 22.9% 40.5% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 40.4% 28.7% 27.3% 44.0% 29.3% 20.8% 49.9% 32.1% 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 57.8% 16.3% 26.3% 11.6% 59.0% 50.0% 18.9% 26.1% 28.4%
RP MLB Percentile 37 6 12 15 35 48 26 45 97
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.3% 29.7% 14.5% 60.7% 49.9% 21.0% 26.4% 19.2%
Career 56.9% 14.1% 29.4% 11.7% 57.1% 46.3% 19.2% 28.8% 30.0%

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 669 4.90 44.6% 17.8% 37.6% 7.0% 1.9% -6.7 -4 3.68
RP MLB Percentile 73 41 34 56 42 42 97 88 79 41
RP MLB AVG 562 4.93 45.9% 17.3% 36.8% 9.0% 4.6% 0.9 +0 3.55
Career 3,979 4.94 45.0% 17.1% 37.9% 7.1% 3.3% -6.9 +0 3.65
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