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Steven Cruz

Betting stats, pitch arsenal, opponent splits & prop matchups

Kansas City RoyalsSPBats: R · Throws: R
StuffElite

The read

Elite swing-and-miss stuff.

On the mound

This season

ERA

5.08

WHIP

1.45

FIP

5.86

xERA

4.02

2-2 · 1 GS · 28.3 IP · 37 K · 16 BB · 8 HR

MLB avg · 4.20 ERA · 1.30 WHIP · 4.15 FIP

Season K/9 11.8 · BB/9 5.1

Opponent splits

Statvs Leftiesvs Righties
Opp BA.208.191
K%33%26%
HR allowed71
Sample77 BF47 BF

Quality of stuff

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB pitchers (20+ IP) this season. The dot is this player; further right is better. Over 28.3 IP.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
ERA
5.08
23
FIP
5.86
5
xERA
4.02
59
WHIP
1.45
25
K %
60.0%
100
SwStr %
17.2%
96
Chase %
Barrel %

Attack zones

24%9%23%45%

24%

Heart

45%

Shadow

23%

Chase

9%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 6.6 ft extension

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalSeason-to-date
Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA
4-Seam
56%
Cutter
27%
Slider
15%
Other
1%
PitchUsageVeloSpinBreakZone%SwStr%xwOBA
4-Seam56.3%98.322141.154.8%14.7%.407
Cutter27.3%93.721521.951.7%18.0%.241
Slider14.9%89.221882.644.7%11.7%.573

Based on 629 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above
xwOBA allowed
.345
1st-pitch strike%
65.0%
Putaway%
53.5%
Recent formlast 5 starts
L5 ERA
3.86
L5 FIP
4.39
L5 K/9
9.6
L5 BB/9
1.9
L5 HR/9
1.9
Pitches/start
17.0
Platoon & times-through
vs LHB xwOBA
.353
vs RHB xwOBA
.333
1st time xwOBA
.344
2nd time xwOBA
.450
Inn 1-3 ERA
3.90
Inn 4-6 ERA
3.68
Inn 7+ ERA
5.07
Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo
7d xwOBA
.327
7d K%
23.5%
7d velo
96.0
14d xwOBA
.303
14d K%
20.7%
30d xwOBA
.288
30d K%
23.5%
30d velo
96.6

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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