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Cruz, Steven

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Trailing stats run through his last game, 2026-08-19 (yesterday).
Percentile Rankings 2026-06-09 to 2026-08-19 · 260 qualified relievers
POOR AVERAGE GREAT
xwOBA 62 0.334
xBA 57 0.304
xSLG 60 0.473
Avg Exit Velo 47 87.5
Barrel % 47 8.4
Hard-Hit % 81 37.3
Fastball Velo 99 96.4
Spin Rate 30 2181
Chase % 70 32.5
K % 59 25.2
BB % 83 5.7
Hits Allowed Spray Chart 23 hits · 30 appearances · 2026-06-09 to 2026-08-19
Single 15 Double 3 Triple 0 Home Run 5
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At-Bats Faced 123 PA · 30 appearances · 2026-06-09 to 2026-08-19
23 hits 7 walks 2 hit by pitch 29 strikeouts 62 outs in play avg exit velo 87.3 mph over 85 tracked xwOBA 0.286
Date Result Count Pitch Velo Exit Velo Angle Dist Location xBA xSLG xwOBA Batter
2026-08-19 Out ground ball 1-1 FF 98.9 72.1 -54° 1 Infield 0.340 0.348 0.306 Bolte, Henry
2026-08-19 Home Run fly ball 2-1 FF 97.4 105.2 24° 414 RF gap 0.849 2.891 1.540 Muncy, Max
2026-08-19 Single line drive 0-0 FF 98.4 101.7 17° 271 RF 0.403 0.696 0.459 Walton, Donovan
2026-08-19 Out fly ball 2-2 FF 98.7 65.1 44° 208 LF gap 0.346 0.399 0.336 Heim, Jonah
2026-08-19 Out popup 0-2 SL 87.2 76.2 67° 114 Infield 0.003 0.003 0.003 Cortes, Carlos
2026-08-17 Out ground ball 2-2 FF 98.9 94.7 60 Infield 0.429 0.507 0.415 Serven, Brian
2026-08-17 Grounded Into DP ground ball 1-1 FF 99.0 88.1 -1° 35 Infield 0.264 0.295 0.288 Heim, Jonah
2026-08-14 Strikeout looking 0-2 FF 98.5 0.000 Trout, Mike
2026-08-14 Force Out ground ball 0-2 FF 98.4 96.4 128 CF 0.580 0.639 0.533 Meckler, Wade
2026-08-14 Single ground ball 1-2 FF 99.4 84.4 -19° 8 Infield 0.083 0.108 0.083 Siri, Jose
2026-08-14 Out ground ball 0-0 FC 94.9 68.9 13° 125 Infield 0.323 0.363 0.295 Guzman, Denzer
2026-08-11 Force Out ground ball 1-2 FF 100.2 104.8 -23° 5 Infield 0.183 0.206 0.174 Edman, Tommy
2026-08-11 Single line drive 0-0 FC 94.9 67.1 20° 168 RF 0.734 0.782 0.679 Betts, Mookie
2026-08-11 Hit By Pitch 1-0 FC 93.9 0.728 Muncy, Max
2026-08-11 Force Out ground ball 1-2 FF 100.2 62.8 10° 85 Infield 0.147 0.180 0.132 Tucker, Kyle
2026-08-11 Walk 3-1 FC 95.0 0.698 Pages, Andy
2026-08-11 Strikeout swinging 1-2 SL 89.7 0.000 Freeman, Freddie
2026-08-11 Out ground ball 0-0 FC 96.3 82.7 46 RF corner 0.246 0.284 0.221 Ohtani, Shohei
2026-08-08 Out fly ball 2-0 FC 94.4 92.9 26° 353 RF gap 0.171 0.351 0.224 Hoerner, Nico
2026-08-08 Double line drive 3-2 FC 94.7 106.7 19° 310 RF 0.646 1.469 0.884 Happ, Ian
2026-08-08 Strikeout looking 1-2 SL 90.1 0.000 Bregman, Alex
2026-08-08 Out ground ball 2-2 SL 92.0 86.3 -1° 35 Infield 0.227 0.238 0.213 Busch, Michael
2026-08-05 Strikeout looking 2-2 FF 100.2 0.000 Clemens, Kody
2026-08-05 Out ground ball 3-2 FF 99.6 108.2 -27° 4 RF corner 0.091 0.094 0.082 Bell, Josh
2026-08-05 Out ground ball 1-2 FF 99.2 89.2 51 Infield 0.289 0.310 0.260 Jeffers, Ryan
2026-08-04 Out fly ball 2-1 FC 95.0 88.7 30° 326 RF gap 0.063 0.139 0.086 Martin, Austin
2026-08-04 Out fly ball 2-2 FC 94.9 94.1 55° 258 LF gap 0.011 0.020 0.015 Lee, Brooks
2026-08-04 Single ground ball 2-0 FF 99.2 106.3 -24° 5 LF corner 0.136 0.147 0.122 Lewis, Royce
2026-08-04 Out ground ball 3-1 FF 99.4 104.9 138 Infield 0.629 0.700 0.581 Clemens, Kody
2026-08-04 Home Run fly ball 0-0 FF 99.6 108.9 31° 417 RF gap 0.963 3.830 1.953 Bell, Josh
2026-08-02 Out ground ball 0-0 FC 96.0 65.7 -6° 21 Infield 0.078 0.087 0.070 Moniak, Mickey
2026-08-02 Out fly ball 0-0 FF 100.0 88.0 41° 342 RF 0.003 0.006 0.003 McCarthy, Jake
2026-08-02 Strikeout swinging 2-2 FF 98.1 0.000 Tovar, Ezequiel
2026-07-29 Out ground ball 0-0 FC 95.6 63.6 -6° 19 Infield 0.063 0.067 0.064 Caratini, Victor
2026-07-29 Out line drive 0-0 FF 99.6 103.4 170 LF gap 0.637 0.716 0.591 Lewis, Royce
2026-07-29 Out popup 1-2 SL 87.3 80.9 86° 40 RF corner 0.001 0.001 0.000 Bell, Josh
2026-07-28 Strikeout swinging 0-2 FF 99.5 0.000 Bell, Josh
2026-07-28 Grounded Into DP ground ball 0-2 FC 95.0 92.9 -17° 7 Infield 0.152 0.177 0.152 Clemens, Kody
2026-07-28 Single line drive 3-2 FC 95.7 89.8 12° 214 LF gap 0.854 0.982 0.808 Jeffers, Ryan
2026-07-26 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FC 94.9 0.000 Greene, Riley
2026-07-26 Strikeout swinging 0-2 FC 94.9 0.000 Torres, Gleyber
2026-07-26 Out fly ball 0-1 FC 95.7 83.2 52° 237 LF gap 0.014 0.014 0.013 McGonigle, Kevin
2026-07-26 Single fly ball 1-1 FC 95.0 75.7 44° 233 CF 0.123 0.157 0.124 Keith, Colt
2026-07-26 Walk 3-2 FF 100.0 0.698 Lee, Hao-Yu
2026-07-23 Out popup 2-1 FF 98.8 84.7 71° 83 Infield 0.006 0.007 0.006 Torkelson, Spencer
2026-07-23 Reached On Error ground ball 1-2 FC 94.4 82.2 -26° 6 Infield 0.062 0.063 0.056 Carpenter, Kerry
2026-07-23 Double ground ball 1-2 SL 92.5 106.2 12° 208 LF 0.957 1.282 0.965 Dingler, Dillon
2026-07-23 Out ground ball 0-0 FC 93.8 59.4 -6° 19 Infield 0.061 0.066 0.055 Greene, Riley
2026-07-23 Single ground ball 3-1 FC 94.3 99.7 -7° 19 CF 0.284 0.305 0.268 Lee, Hao-Yu
2026-07-23 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FC 94.9 0.000 Torres, Gleyber
2026-07-22 Out popup 1-0 FF 98.8 70.8 65° 133 Infield 0.003 0.004 0.003 Lee, Jung Hoo
2026-07-22 Home Run fly ball 0-1 FF 99.5 99.1 26° 376 LF 0.483 1.434 0.788 Schmitt, Casey
2026-07-22 Out ground ball 1-1 FC 95.8 93.7 56 Infield 0.374 0.429 0.371 Devers, Rafael
2026-07-22 Strikeout swinging 0-2 SL 90.6 0.000 Ramos, Heliot
2026-07-20 Out fly ball 1-1 FF 96.4 91.1 43° 331 RF 0.011 0.021 0.015 Gilbert, Drew
2026-07-20 Out fly ball 2-1 FC 93.9 84.5 30° 323 RF gap 0.049 0.089 0.055 Adames, Willy
2026-07-20 Out ground ball 2-0 FF 97.0 100.9 126 Infield 0.609 0.678 0.562 Lee, Jung Hoo
2026-07-18 Grounded Into DP ground ball 0-1 FC 94.2 79.6 115 Infield 0.275 0.315 0.268 Machado, Manny
2026-07-17 Out line drive 1-2 FC 91.9 88.9 22° 321 CF 0.251 0.339 0.234 Campusano, Luis
2026-07-17 Double line drive 0-0 FF 99.3 103.8 21° 393 RF gap 0.657 1.624 0.954 Andujar, Miguel
2026-07-17 Out ground ball 0-2 FC 96.0 60.9 16° 127 Infield 0.226 0.253 0.203 Cronenworth, Jake
2026-07-17 Strikeout swinging 2-2 FF 98.4 0.000 France, Ty
2026-07-12 Grounded Into DP ground ball 0-0 FC 94.5 97.8 -1° 40 Infield 0.380 0.417 0.342 Alonso, Pete
2026-07-12 Out fly ball 1-1 FC 93.9 99.4 50° 308 RF 0.006 0.011 0.007 Beavers, Dylan
2026-07-12 Hit By Pitch 0-1 FF 99.6 0.729 Ward, Taylor
2026-07-10 Out ground ball 1-2 SL 91.6 58.7 -36° 2 Infield 0.133 0.142 0.120 Holliday, Jackson
2026-07-10 Out ground ball 1-2 FF 100.1 100.4 -5° 19 Infield 0.347 0.393 0.316 Alexander, Blaze
2026-07-10 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FF 99.4 0.000 Cowser, Colton
2026-07-08 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FC 94.3 0.000 Lindor, Francisco
2026-07-08 Out ground ball 1-0 FF 98.0 94.7 80 Infield 0.469 0.543 0.449 Bichette, Bo
2026-07-08 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FC 92.0 0.000 Soto, Juan
2026-07-08 Home Run fly ball 2-0 FF 98.1 105.5 25° 420 RF gap 0.894 3.335 1.739 Ewing, A.J.
2026-07-06 Force Out ground ball 0-2 SL 91.5 90.5 -34° 4 Infield 0.047 0.052 0.042 Bohm, Alec
2026-07-06 Walk 3-2 FF 98.9 0.698 Harper, Bryce
2026-07-06 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FC 95.9 0.000 Schwarber, Kyle
2026-07-06 Single ground ball 0-1 FF 98.6 68.9 -50° 1 Infield 0.292 0.300 0.263 Turner, Trea
2026-07-06 Strikeout looking 0-2 FF 98.0 0.000 Hill, Derek
2026-07-02 Out ground ball 0-2 SL 88.9 105.9 -4° 31 Infield 0.384 0.403 0.346 Caminero, Junior
2026-07-02 Grounded Into DP ground ball 1-2 SL 90.2 101.8 -20° 4 Infield 0.153 0.153 0.139 Aranda, Jonathan
2026-07-02 Walk 3-2 FC 92.3 0.698 Díaz, Yandy
2026-07-02 Single line drive 2-0 FF 98.2 104.4 171 CF 0.663 0.746 0.617 Feduccia, Hunter
2026-06-30 Out ground ball 0-0 FF 98.6 91.1 -33° 3 Infield 0.067 0.078 0.060 Simpson, Chandler
2026-06-30 Out fly ball 0-0 FF 99.0 83.8 58° 213 CF 0.026 0.030 0.024 DeLuca, Jonny
2026-06-30 Strikeout looking 2-2 FF 99.2 0.000 Vilade, Ryan
2026-06-28 Out fly ball 3-1 FF 98.3 84.6 53° 220 CF 0.020 0.032 0.023 Montgomery, Colson
2026-06-28 Out fly ball 0-2 SL 90.2 93.5 34° 334 CF 0.049 0.168 0.087 Benintendi, Andrew
2026-06-28 Strikeout swinging 0-2 FF 98.0 0.000 Teel, Kyle
2026-06-26 Walk 3-0 0.698 Montgomery, Colson
2026-06-26 Strikeout swinging 3-2 FF 99.5 0.000 Benintendi, Andrew
2026-06-26 Strikeout swinging 3-2 FC 93.4 0.000 Teel, Kyle
2026-06-26 Out line drive 0-1 SL 90.5 86.1 25° 301 CF 0.123 0.189 0.123 Vargas, Miguel
2026-06-26 Strikeout swinging 3-2 FC 94.4 0.000 Antonacci, Sam
2026-06-23 Force Out ground ball 0-0 FF 99.4 92.5 80 Infield 0.476 0.537 0.461 Simpson, Chandler
2026-06-23 Out popup 0-0 FF 99.1 60.5 62° 121 RF corner 0.003 0.003 0.003 DeLuca, Jonny
2026-06-23 Single ground ball 1-0 FF 98.5 69.8 71 LF gap 0.186 0.219 0.167 Palacios, Richie
2026-06-23 Out fly ball 2-2 FF 101.5 97.7 31° 337 RF 0.300 1.043 0.542 Caminero, Junior
2026-06-21 Single line drive 0-0 FF 99.0 106.5 13° 259 RF 0.886 1.183 0.883 Burleson, Alec
2026-06-21 Home Run fly ball 1-1 FF 96.5 100.8 29° 414 LF gap 0.597 2.175 1.134 Herrera, Iván
2026-06-21 Single line drive 0-1 SL 88.0 79.9 20° 236 LF 0.937 1.029 0.862 Wetherholt, JJ
2026-06-21 Walk 3-0 FF 97.7 0.698 Church, Nathan
2026-06-21 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FF 98.0 0.000 Jordan, Blaze
2026-06-21 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FF 99.0 0.000 Crooks, Jimmy
2026-06-21 Out ground ball 1-2 SL 89.4 97.9 -31° 3 Infield 0.111 0.123 0.108 Winn, Masyn
2026-06-21 Single ground ball 1-1 FF 98.0 106.6 104 RF 0.637 0.700 0.589 Nootbaar, Lars
2026-06-21 Strikeout looking 2-2 SL 90.6 0.000 Walker, Jordan
2026-06-21 Out line drive 0-1 FF 98.5 92.7 135 Infield 0.629 0.674 0.568 Burleson, Alec
2026-06-14 Out ground ball 0-2 SL 90.0 83.8 -27° 5 Infield 0.061 0.066 0.055 Peña, Jeremy
2026-06-14 Strikeout swinging 1-2 FF 99.3 0.000 Trammell, Taylor
2026-06-12 Out fly ball 1-2 FF 100.0 78.7 45° 253 LF 0.049 0.062 0.047 Alvarez, Yordan
2026-06-12 Out popup 1-0 FF 98.8 86.2 66° 146 Infield 0.003 0.003 0.003 Peña, Jeremy
2026-06-12 Out line drive 2-2 FF 100.0 88.4 23° 289 RF gap 0.174 0.262 0.184 Vázquez, Christian
2026-06-12 Strikeout looking 0-2 FF 99.7 0.000 Trammell, Taylor
2026-06-12 Out fly ball 0-0 FF 96.6 84.2 29° 309 RF gap 0.051 0.097 0.056 Smith, Cam
2026-06-12 Out ground ball 2-2 FC 93.2 94.6 80 Infield 0.471 0.528 0.438 Loperfido, Joey
2026-06-10 Grounded Into DP ground ball 1-1 FC 94.1 85.8 -38° 4 Infield 0.057 0.058 0.051 Lopez, Nicky
2026-06-10 Walk 3-2 FF 99.1 0.698 Higashioka, Kyle
2026-06-10 Single ground ball 0-0 FC 93.3 30.5 -57° 2 Infield 0.298 0.301 0.268 Carter, Evan
2026-06-10 Single ground ball 0-0 FF 99.3 24.4 18 LF corner 0.304 0.307 0.274 Duran, Ezequiel
2026-06-10 Strikeout looking 3-2 FF 99.1 0.000 Langford, Wyatt
2026-06-09 Strikeout looking 0-2 FF 98.3 0.000 Higashioka, Kyle
2026-06-09 Out popup 1-1 FF 96.8 71.4 67° 124 Infield 0.003 0.003 0.003 Carter, Evan
2026-06-09 Out line drive 0-0 FC 91.3 112.5 11° 311 LF 0.894 1.301 0.942 Burger, Jake
2026-06-09 Strikeout looking 0-2 SL 90.0 0.000 Duran, Ezequiel
game_date: 2026-08-20 ballpark: Kauffman Stadium pitcher_team: kca
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ab_game 5.000 9.000 14.000 23.000 31.000 44.000 65.000 88.000 137.000 234.000 441.000
air_ball_rate · · · · · 0.387 0.378 0.375 0.412 0.467 0.476
appearances 1.000 2.000 3.000 5.000 7.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 30.000 50.000 97.000
ba 0.400 0.222 0.214 0.217 0.226 0.182 0.185 0.170 0.168 0.188 0.172
babip 0.250 0.167 0.222 0.250 0.227 0.207 0.214 0.212 0.225 0.250 0.232
babip_den 4.000 6.000 9.000 16.000 22.000 29.000 42.000 52.000 80.000 124.000 254.000
babip_num 1.000 1.000 2.000 4.000 5.000 6.000 9.000 11.000 18.000 31.000 59.000
barrel 1.000 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 4.000 5.000 7.000 8.000 16.000 22.000
barrel_per_ab 0.200 0.143 0.091 0.091 0.100 0.077 0.069 0.078 0.057 0.066 0.050
bat_speed 69.825 69.720 70.606 70.061 70.998 71.079 70.986 70.142 69.998 69.705 69.659
bip_per_pa 1.000 1.000 0.909 0.773 0.800 0.795 0.776 0.727 0.691 0.643 0.671
blast 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 3.000
blast_per_ab 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.033 0.026 0.017 0.013 0.008 0.005 0.007
chase 2.000 3.000 3.000 10.000 12.000 18.000 31.000 43.000 63.000 107.000 174.000
chase_rate 0.286 0.273 0.231 0.278 0.226 0.281 0.316 0.336 0.315 0.281 0.258
contact 5.000 7.000 11.000 22.000 30.000 39.000 58.000 77.000 123.000 213.000 404.000
estimated_ba_using_speedangle 0.388 0.376 0.362 0.351 0.340 0.321 0.295 0.303 0.301 0.333 0.299
estimated_ba_using_speedangle_sum 1.941 2.634 3.620 5.974 8.156 9.944 13.255 16.957 25.569 45.558 81.146
estimated_slg_using_speedangle 0.867 0.734 0.625 0.574 0.625 0.550 0.487 0.523 0.492 0.568 0.497
estimated_woba_using_speedangle 0.529 0.478 0.426 0.399 0.412 0.373 0.336 0.353 0.339 0.385 0.341
estimated_woba_using_speedangle_sum 4.337 5.139 6.249 9.759 14.999 17.035 21.899 29.308 41.781 77.821 134.700
ev_max 105.200 99.950 98.767 101.560 103.814 101.100 99.287 99.445 98.217 98.054 98.654
extension 6.265 6.332 6.380 6.429 6.426 6.475 6.477 6.494 6.521 6.597 6.675
hard_hit 2.000 2.000 4.000 7.000 13.000 14.000 19.000 24.000 33.000 60.000 114.000
hh_ab 0.400 0.286 0.364 0.318 0.433 0.359 0.328 0.312 0.268 0.282 0.282
hit 2.000 2.000 3.000 5.000 7.000 8.000 12.000 15.000 23.000 44.000 76.000
hit_distance 201.600 157.571 136.400 139.176 148.542 141.226 147.622 149.250 152.188 164.606 159.513
hmove 0.648 0.666 0.651 0.560 0.576 0.610 0.614 0.632 0.648 0.638 0.591
hr 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000 13.000 17.000
hr_per_fb · · · · · · · · 0.143 0.203 0.132
hr_platoon · · · · · · · 2.000 2.000 9.000 10.000
hr_rate 0.200 0.143 0.091 0.045 0.067 0.051 0.052 0.052 0.041 0.061 0.042
iso 0.600 0.333 0.214 0.174 0.226 0.159 0.169 0.170 0.131 0.188 0.143
la_contact 5.000 7.000 10.000 17.000 24.000 31.000 45.000 56.000 85.000 137.000 271.000
launch_speed 84.060 86.157 85.280 85.653 89.850 88.410 87.811 87.875 87.266 87.272 87.942
launch_speed_angle_sum 19.600 14.143 10.000 8.941 9.375 11.032 14.667 11.982 12.494 14.796 13.790
launch_speed_sum 571.900 754.700 1233.500 2654.100 3882.500 5441.200 8079.300 10054.600 14824.500 23778.000 44056.500
mix_entropy 1.166 0.989 1.146 1.261 1.251 1.268 1.214 1.161 1.171 1.198 1.232
out_of_zone 7.000 11.000 13.000 36.000 53.000 64.000 98.000 128.000 200.000 381.000 674.000
slug_window_ab 0.400 0.286 0.182 0.182 0.200 0.154 0.121 0.117 0.089 0.108 0.092
spin 2185.471 2154.298 2143.226 2135.672 2134.755 2159.239 2158.580 2163.426 2179.571 2193.562 2209.089
square_per_ab 0.400 0.571 0.455 0.364 0.467 0.410 0.379 0.390 0.374 0.362 0.384
squared_up 2.000 4.000 6.000 12.000 20.000 23.000 33.000 44.000 65.000 109.000 213.000
strikeout 0.000 0.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 6.000 10.000 16.000 29.000 54.000 93.000
strikeout_rate 0.000 0.000 0.091 0.136 0.133 0.154 0.172 0.208 0.236 0.254 0.230
sweet_spot 4.000 4.000 5.000 13.000 17.000 23.000 28.000 39.000 53.000 91.000 164.000
sweet_spot_per_ab 0.400 0.286 0.273 0.318 0.300 0.256 0.224 0.221 0.211 0.230 0.225
tb 5.000 5.000 6.000 9.000 14.000 15.000 23.000 30.000 41.000 88.000 139.000
tb_platoon · · · · · · · 13.000 20.000 56.000 67.000
velo 95.894 96.685 96.323 95.855 96.247 96.346 96.384 96.580 96.312 95.901 95.389
velo_top 98.920 99.123 99.050 99.443 99.800 99.716 99.555 99.604 99.559 99.189 98.984
vmove 0.971 0.960 0.941 0.854 0.849 0.847 0.861 0.892 0.894 0.929 0.908
walk 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 7.000 17.000 33.000
walk_platoon · · · · · · · 1.000 3.000 12.000 19.000
walk_rate 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.045 0.033 0.026 0.034 0.039 0.057 0.080 0.082
xbh 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 3.000 5.000 7.000 8.000 18.000 29.000
xbh_rate 0.200 0.143 0.091 0.091 0.100 0.077 0.086 0.091 0.065 0.085 0.072
z_swing_rate · · · · · 0.735 0.770 0.752 0.738 0.729 0.730
zone_rate · · · · · · 0.555 0.551 0.558 0.529 0.541