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Fernando Cruz NYY RP R 

Born: 03/28/1990 Age: 35

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

🪐 Planet Gristle 🪐 for $1

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (CIN) Dec'24

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Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $2.06 Median $2.00
H2H FanGraphs Points
Average $2.15 Median $2.00

All Leagues
Average $2.50 Median $2.00
H2H FanGraphs Points
Average $2.80 Median $3.00

Roster%
91.1%
Change
7Day 1.84%
30Day 4.3%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 2
OPL Roster%
10.00%
OPL Average Salary
$2.29


June 3, 2025 2:53 PM : The Yankees activated Cruz (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list Tuesday.
Analysis: Cruz was sidelined for the past two weeks with right shoulder inflammation. He'll skip a rehab assignment and go right back into a Yankees bullpen that just lost Luke Weaver (hamstring).

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2022CIN14214.201219911 6.06 88.83
2023CIN58266.00798522826 6.26 413.40
2024CIN69366.2023109543519 6.66 444.23
2025NYY24026.0284219923 7.66 199.10

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2011KCR (R)17023.21017301531 2.95 69.83
2012KCR (R)20035.13038491732 3.98 140.47
2015CHC (A+)15333.12225311214 4.38 145.87
2015CHC (AA)16131.11031312044 3.1 97.07
2015CHC (AAA)114.000210203 -8.83 -35.30
2018Pericos de Puebla (AAA)9215.0041018803 2.62 39.30
2022CIN (AAA)51056.023066391944 7.89 441.80
2023CIN (AAA)201.20022200 3.08 5.13

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Jun 8, 2025 NYY BOS 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0.73
Jun 6, 2025 NYY BOS 0 0 0 1 0.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.93
Jun 4, 2025 NYY CLE 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 -4.10
May 17, 2025 NYY NYM 0 0 0 0 1.1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.27
May 14, 2025 NYY @SEA 0 0 0 1 1.0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5.80
May 13, 2025 NYY @SEA 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13.40
May 10, 2025 NYY @ATH 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 3 3 2 0 0 1 -11.17
May 6, 2025 NYY SDP 0 1 0 0 0.2 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.33
May 5, 2025 NYY SDP 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.47
May 3, 2025 NYY TBR 0 0 0 1 2.0 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18.20
Totals 0 1 0 4 9.1 42 7 7 11 15 3 2 2 46.87

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
May 2, 2024 3:06 PM add The Return of the Gristle $1
May 20, 2024 2:47 PM cut The Return of the Gristle $1
May 26, 2024 11:30 AM add 🪐 Planet Gristle 🪐 $1
July 26, 2024 12:02 PM cut 🪐 Planet Gristle 🪐 $1
April 19, 2025 1:57 PM add 🪐 Planet Gristle 🪐 $1

Recent Trades for Fernando Cruz in H2H FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
August 31, 2024 7:58 AM here comes the pizza Fernando Cruz CIN RP R $1 
Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP OF R $49 
Jose Miranda MIN AAA 1B/3B R $1
Matt Wallner MIN OF L $2 
$36 loan 		The Band of the Red Hand Kirby Yates TEX RP R $1 
Chad Green TOR RP R $1
Teoscar Hernandez SEA OF R $15 
August 26, 2024 8:27 AM Rodents of Unusual Size Fernando Cruz CIN RP R $1 
Nolan Gorman STL 2B/3B L $9 
$9 loan 		Taken Eugenio Suarez ARI 3B R $2 
Kevin Ginkel ARI AAA RP R $3
August 15, 2024 10:05 PM Middle Infielders Only Mike Trout LAA OF R $21 
Fernando Cruz CIN RP R $1 
Aaron Nola PHI SP R $32 15IL 
Triston Casas BOS 1B L $9 60IL 
 Give Me The Juice! Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $26 
Blake Snell SFG SP L $29 60IL 
Robert Suarez SDP RP R $5 
Colton Cowser BAL OF L $6 
August 11, 2024 7:23 AM Glosta 108s Fernando Cruz CIN RP R $1 
Luis L. Ortiz PIT SP/RP R $1 
 Synonym for acquiesce Jeremiah Estrada SDP RP R $1 
June 14, 2024 11:38 AM Crawfords Jordan Walker STL OF R $6 10IL 
Jackson Jobe DET SP R $3 15IL
Christian Scott NYM SP R $4 60IL
Hurston Waldrep ATL AAA SP/RP R $1
 Washington Kickbacks Fernando Cruz CIN RP R $3 
Gerrit Cole NYY SP R $55 60IL
$45 loan