Fernando Cruz

Cincinnati Reds

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Fernando Cruz has thrown 1,677 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Splitter (82mph), Slider (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (95mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their splitter generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' splitters, has some natural sink to it, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' splitters and has slightly below average velo. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has much less depth than expected. Their fourseam fastball generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slightly above average velo.