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Fernando Cruz

Positions: Relief Pitcher and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 237lb (188cm, 107kg)

Team: New York Yankees (majors)

Born: March 28, 1990 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Puerto Rico Advance College HS (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$1.45M (26)

Service Time (01/2026): 3.035 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Fernando E. Cruz

Instagram: @fcruz_48

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

1.4

3.1

ERA

2.40

3.95

236

41.1

236.2

352

WHIP

1.282

1.255

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	21	0.1	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	2	3	.400	7.99	10.27	17	0	9	0	0	1	23.2	30	27	21	1	15	0	17	3	1	3	121	1.901	11.4	0.4	5.7	6.5	1.13
2011-12	21	-5.5	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2012	22	0.5	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	4	3	.571	6.88	7.64	20	0	7	0	0	3	35.1	49	30	27	2	17	1	38	3	1	6	169	1.868	12.5	0.5	4.3	9.7	2.24
2012-13	22	-4.3	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		0	1	.000	9.00	9.64	11	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	21	15	14	1	7	1	12	1	0	2	69	2.000	13.5	0.6	4.5	7.7	1.71
2013-14	23	-3.7	Ponce	PRWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	4.02	4.02	13	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	17	7	7	0	8	1	11	0	0	0	69	1.596	9.8	0.0	4.6	6.3	1.38
2014-15	24	-3.2	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		2	1	.667	1.52	1.90	14	0	0	0	0	0	23.2	13	5	4	0	9	1	22	1	0	1	94	0.930	4.9	0.0	3.4	8.4	2.44
2015	25		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	CHC	3	4	.429	5.64	6.55	32	5	12	0	0	3	68.2	72	50	43	11	34	1	58	5	0	6	309	1.544	9.4	1.4	4.5	7.6	1.71
2015	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	0	1.000	1.53	1.53	23	0	3	0	0	0	29.1	22	5	5	0	13	1	27	1	0	0	117	1.193	6.8	0.0	4.0	8.3	2.08
2015	25	-1.8	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	1	.000	22.50	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	10	10	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	3.000	22.5	6.8	4.5	4.5	1.00
2015	25	0.7	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	2	1	.667	5.46	7.18	16	1	6	0	0	1	31.1	31	25	19	4	20	1	31	4	0	5	146	1.628	8.9	1.1	5.7	8.9	1.55
2015	25	2.1	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	CHC	1	2	.333	3.78	4.05	15	3	6	0	0	2	33.1	31	15	14	4	12	0	25	1	0	1	139	1.290	8.4	1.1	3.2	6.8	2.08
2015-16	25	-2.9	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		0	0		1.01	1.01	21	0	2	0	0	0	26.2	18	3	3	0	13	1	24	1	0	0	106	1.163	6.1	0.0	4.4	8.1	1.85
2015-16	25	-3.9	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	6.75	6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	10.1
2016	26	-0.1	New Jersey	CAMA	Ind		6	3	.667	2.63	4.00	34	8	21	1	1	12	72.0	59	32	21	7	23	2	79	1	1	1	298	1.139	7.4	0.9	2.9	9.9	3.43
2016-17	26	-2.1	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		3	1	.750	2.22	2.54	22	0	5	0	0	0	28.1	22	8	7	1	9	0	16	0	0	2	113	1.094	7.0	0.3	2.9	5.1	1.78
2017	27		3 Teams	3 Lgs	FgW		5	3	.625	3.72	4.79	18	11	2	0	0	1	67.2	72	36	28	3	22	1	47	1	0	6	294	1.389	9.6	0.4	2.9	6.3	2.14
2017	27	0.5	New Jersey	CAMA	Ind		4	2	.667	2.82	2.82	7	7	0	1	0	0	51.0	43	16	16	4	11	0	55	2	1	2	202	1.059	7.6	0.7	1.9	9.7	5.00
2017-18	27	-1.2	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		3	2	.600	4.33	5.77	12	8	2	0	0	1	43.2	50	28	21	3	14	0	35	1	0	3	196	1.466	10.3	0.6	2.9	7.2	2.50
2017-18	27	-0.6	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		1	1	.500	2.37	2.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	18	6	5	0	7	1	10	0	0	3	80	1.316	8.5	0.0	3.3	4.7	1.43
2017-18	27	-3.2	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00
2018	28		3 Teams	3 Lgs	FgW-AAA		6	3	.667	4.21	4.35	24	10	6	0	0	1	68.1	68	33	32	4	19	1	48	1	0	7	285	1.273	9.0	0.5	2.5	6.3	2.53
2018	28	-1.0	Puebla	MEX2	AAA		1	1	.500	7.80	7.80	9	2	3	0	0	0	15.0	18	13	13	3	8	1	10	0	0	4	67	1.733	10.8	1.8	4.8	6.0	1.25
2018	28	1.4	New Jersey	CAMA	Ind		1	0	1.000	3.24	3.24	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	8	0	0	1	32	1.080	7.6	1.1	2.2	8.6	4.00
2018-19	28	0.7	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		5	2	.714	2.81	2.98	12	8	2	0	0	1	51.1	45	17	16	1	10	0	37	1	0	1	207	1.071	7.9	0.2	1.8	6.5	3.70
2018-19	28	-1.5	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		0	0		13.50	13.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	11	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
2019	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		3	1	.750	0.00	1.00	22	0	19	0	0	10	27.0	9	3	0	0	6	4	29	0	0	1	96	0.556	3.0	0.0	2.0	9.7	4.83
2019-20	29	1.3	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		2	0	1.000	0.00	0.40	18	0	15	0	0	9	22.2	6	1	0	0	5	3	24	0	0	0	79	0.485	2.4	0.0	2.0	9.5	4.80
2019-20	29	-1.3	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		1	1	.500	0.00	4.15	4	0	4	0	0	1	4.1	3	2	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	17	0.923	6.2	0.0	2.1	10.4	5.00
2020	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	FgW		1	3	.250	5.28	5.87	17	0	10	0	0	4	15.1	11	10	9	2	7	2	23	0	0	1	64	1.174	6.5	1.2	4.1	13.5	3.29
2020-21	30	1.1	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	3	.000	9.82	11.05	9	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	9	8	1	5	2	11	0	0	1	35	1.773	9.8	1.2	6.1	13.5	2.20
2020-21	30	0.6	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	1.93	1.93	5	0	5	0	0	3	4.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	16	0.429	1.9	1.9	1.9	15.4	8.00
2020-21	30	4.9	Caguas	PRWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	3	0	0	1	3.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	0.900	5.4	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00
2021	31		4 Teams	4 Lgs	Ind-FgW		5	3	.625	2.03	2.47	58	0	40	0	0	23	62.0	50	17	14	3	21	0	81	0	0	4	255	1.145	7.3	0.4	3.0	11.8	3.86
2021	31	1.5	Guadalajara	MEX	Ind		4	1	.800	2.73	2.73	26	0	23	0	0	14	26.1	19	8	8	2	6	0	37	0	0	0	102	0.949	6.5	0.7	2.1	12.6	6.17
2021-22	31	4.0	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		1	2	.333	0.00	1.40	17	0	15	0	0	8	19.1	15	3	0	0	7	0	30	0	0	1	81	1.138	7.0	0.0	3.3	14.0	4.29
2021-22	31	2.4	Jalisco	MXPW	FgW		0	0		2.77	2.77	13	0	2	0	0	1	13.0	12	4	4	0	7	0	12	0	0	3	58	1.462	8.3	0.0	4.8	8.3	1.71
2021-22	31	1.9	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		0	0		5.40	5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	1.500	10.8	2.7	2.7	5.4	2.00
2022	32	5.0	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	4	4	.500	2.89	3.54	51	0	42	0	0	23	56.0	39	22	18	4	19	0	66	4	0	2	225	1.036	6.3	0.6	3.1	10.6	3.47
2022	32	2.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	1.23	1.84	14	2	1	0	0	0	14.2	9	3	2	1	9	0	21	1	0	1	64	1.227	5.5	0.6	5.5	12.9	2.33
2022-23	32	4.4	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	8	0	5	0	0	2	7.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	28	0.391	2.3	0.0	1.2	12.9	11.00
2023	33	6.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		16.20	16.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	9	2.400	10.8	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
2023	33	3.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	2	.333	4.91	5.32	58	2	15	0	0	0	66.0	52	39	36	6	28	0	98	2	0	5	279	1.212	7.1	0.8	3.8	13.4	3.50
2023	33	4.6	Puerto Rico	WBC	WBC		0	0		2.45	2.45	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	17	1.636	9.8	2.5	4.9	12.3	2.50
2023-24	33	4.6	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	4.5	0.0	13.5
2024	34	4.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	8	.273	4.86	4.86	69	3	6	0	0	0	66.2	54	36	36	9	35	2	109	1	0	8	288	1.335	7.3	1.2	4.7	14.7	3.11
2024-25	34	5.4	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	13	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	15.0	2.50
2025	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYY	0	0		12.27	12.27	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	1	2	0	6	0	1	1	19	2.182	14.7	2.5	4.9	14.7	3.00
2025	35	7.7	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		27.00	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	3.750	27.0	6.8	6.8	6.8	1.00
2025	35	10.3	Somerset	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		3.86	3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	10	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	19.3	5.00
2025	35	5.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	4	.429	3.56	3.94	49	0	4	0	0	2	48.0	33	21	19	5	24	0	72	3	0	5	200	1.188	6.2	0.9	4.5	13.5	3.00
2026	36	6.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	3	.571	2.40	2.83	46	0	4	0	0	1	41.1	29	13	11	3	24	1	52	2	0	3	175	1.282	6.3	0.7	5.2	11.3	2.17
2026	36	7.3	Puerto Rico	WBC	WBC		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	9	0.375	0.0	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		11	18	.379	3.95	4.26	236	7	30	0	0	3	236.2	177	112	104	24	120	3	352	9	0	22	1006	1.255	6.7	0.9	4.6	13.4	2.93
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		13	14	.481	5.57	6.52	126	5	70	0	0	30	189.0	198	137	117	19	89	2	187	15	3	18	852	1.519	9.4	0.9	4.2	8.9	2.10
Foreign (14 seasons)					Foreign		30	16	.652	2.98	3.48	236	21	100	0	0	42	365.0	310	141	121	15	125	12	335	6	0	25	1507	1.192	7.6	0.4	3.1	8.3	2.68
Other (5 seasons)					Other		11	5	.688	2.68	3.40	48	17	21	2	1	12	137.2	113	52	41	13	39	2	151	3	2	4	558	1.104	7.4	0.8	2.5	9.9	3.87
All Levels (16 Seasons)							65	53	.551	3.71	4.29	646	50	221	2	1	87	928.1	798	442	383	71	373	19	1025	33	5	69	3923	1.261	7.7	0.7	3.6	9.9	2.75

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		4	5	.444	5.00	5.57	56	1	42	0	0	23	63.0	55	39	35	8	24	0	71	4	1	2	267	1.254	7.9	1.1	3.4	10.1	2.96
AAA (1 season)					Foreign		1	1	.500	7.80	7.80	9	2	3	0	0	0	15.0	18	13	13	3	8	1	10	0	0	4	67	1.733	10.8	1.8	4.8	6.0	1.25
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	5.35	6.95	18	1	6	0	0	1	33.2	33	26	20	4	21	1	36	4	0	6	156	1.604	8.8	1.1	5.6	9.6	1.71
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	2	.333	3.78	4.05	15	3	6	0	0	2	33.1	31	15	14	4	12	0	25	1	0	1	139	1.290	8.4	1.1	3.2	6.8	2.08
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		6	6	.500	7.32	8.69	37	0	16	0	0	4	59.0	79	57	48	3	32	1	55	6	2	9	290	1.881	12.1	0.5	4.9	8.4	1.72
FgW (14 seasons)					Foreign		25	14	.641	2.78	3.34	201	19	74	0	0	28	323.2	273	120	100	10	111	11	288	6	0	21	1338	1.186	7.6	0.3	3.1	8.0	2.59
Ind (3 seasons)					Other		11	5	.688	2.74	3.49	42	16	21	2	1	12	131.1	109	51	40	12	36	2	142	3	2	4	532	1.104	7.5	0.8	2.5	9.7	3.94
Ind (1 season)					Foreign		4	1	.800	2.73	2.73	26	0	23	0	0	14	26.1	19	8	8	2	6	0	37	0	0	0	102	0.949	6.5	0.7	2.1	12.6	6.17
WBC (2 seasons)					Other		0	0		1.42	1.42	6	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	4	1	1	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	26	1.105	5.7	1.4	4.3	12.8	3.00