2025 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
1.93
WHIP
0.91
K
14
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Recalled from Triple-A
The Royals recalled Cruz from Triple-A Omaha on Friday.
ANALYSIS
Cruz takes the roster spot of Hunter Harvey, who was placed on the 15-day IL with a right teres major strain. Cruz pitched in five regular-season games for the Royals last season, posting a 0.00 ERA and 4:0 K:BB across 5.2 innings of work.
Cruz takes the roster spot of Hunter Harvey, who was placed on the 15-day IL with a right teres major strain. Cruz pitched in five regular-season games for the Royals last season, posting a 0.00 ERA and 4:0 K:BB across 5.2 innings of work.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
13
Last 10 Games
14
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Steven Cruz generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Steven Cruz generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-3%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-6%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .175 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .169 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .172 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .162 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .100 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .250 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .200 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-29%
ERA at Home
2025
-73%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 2.25 | 0.90 | 20.0 | 8.1 | 3.6 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.18 | 1.29 | 17.0 | 7.9 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0.87 | 0.29 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 3.24 | 1.68 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0.00 | 0.30 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.1 | 7.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 5.68 | 2.21 | 6.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.26 | 1.26 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 4.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Steven Cruz compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.33K/9
6.8BB/9
2.9HR/9
0.5Fastball
98.1 mphERA
1.93WHIP
0.91BABIP
.206GB/FB
1.71Left On Base
76.9%Exit Velocity
85.5 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
2253 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.7%Swinging Strike
8.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Will start 2025 in Triple-A
Cruz was optioned by the Royals to Triple-A Omaha on Sunday.
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Dispatched to Triple-A
The Royals optioned Cruz to Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday.
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The Royals recalled Cruz from Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday.
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Sent back to Omaha
The Royals optioned Cruz to Triple-A Omaha on Thursday.
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Brought up from minors
The Royals recalled Cruz from Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday, Jaylon T. Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports.
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