Kansas City Royals
Steven Cruz has thrown 2,779 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (98mph), Slider (88mph) and Cutter (93mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast and has some natural sinking action. Their slider results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders, has short glove-side cut, is much harder than usual and has some two-plane movement. Their cutter is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters, is blazing fast and has some natural sink.