Fernando Cruz
New York Yankees · No. 63 · P

Fernando Cruz

6' 2", 237 lbs·Age 36·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL5 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2022–2026 · 3,948 pitches · 92.0 mph fastball
2026 · 46 G
2.40
ERA
4-3
W-L
41.3
IP
1.28
WHIP
52
SO
24
BB
11.3
K/9
1
SV
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Career Highs
4.86
Best ERA · 2024
3
Most W · 2024
109
Most K · 2024
1.21
Best WHIP · 2023
Career Arc · ERA
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 190.33311211BS
Jul 17110010
Jul 11100000H
Jul 100.66700020H
Jul 80.66710010
Jul 3110200H
Jul 11.66700010
Jun 280.33332000L
Jun 241.33310040H
Jun 230.66700110H

Career · Hitting

2 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202469000
202646000
Career115000

Career · Pitching

5 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20221414.2011.23211.23
20235866.0124.91981.21
20246966.2384.861091.34
20254948.0343.56721.19
20264641.1432.40521.28
Career236235.51118352
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 3,948 pitches · 2022–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FSFFFCSLSI
FS · Split-Finger44.8% · 80.9 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball29.9% · 94.2 mph
FC · Cutter17.0% · 88.0 mph
SL · Slider4.6% · 82.6 mph
SI · Sinker3.7% · 93.1 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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