15-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 9/12/2025
2025 Stats
W-L
3-1
ERA
3.61
WHIP
1.18
K
35
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in March of 2025.
Ready for rehab assignment
Cruz (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday.
Analysis
Cruz has missed more than a month of action with right shoulder tendinitis but is ready to test things out in a game setting. As long as things go well, the righty reliever shouldn't require too many rehab outings before being reinstated from the 15-day injured list.
Cruz has missed more than a month of action with right shoulder tendinitis but is ready to test things out in a game setting. As long as things go well, the righty reliever shouldn't require too many rehab outings before being reinstated from the 15-day injured list.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Steven Cruz generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Steven Cruz generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-13%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-19%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .181 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .209 | 24 | 12 | 27 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .182 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .225 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .100 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .250 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .200 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-53%
ERA on Road
2025
-65%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 4.73 | 1.24 | 32.1 | 7.0 | 4.7 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.22 | 1.16 | 28.1 | 9.2 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2025Home | 5.16 | 1.10 | 22.2 | 6.0 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Away | 1.83 | 1.27 | 19.2 | 9.2 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0.00 | 0.30 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.1 | 7.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 5.68 | 2.21 | 6.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.26 | 1.26 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 4.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Steven Cruz compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.94K/9
7.4BB/9
3.8HR/9
0.9Fastball
98.3 mphERA
3.61WHIP
1.18BABIP
.249GB/FB
1.30Left On Base
72.1%Exit Velocity
85.1 mphBarrels/BBE
2.4%Spin Rate
2233 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.4%Swinging Strike
10.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Completes another side session
Cruz (shoulder) threw a bullpen session of about 20 pitches Saturday, MLB.com reports.
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Completes shortened bullpen session
Cruz (shoulder) threw a light bullpen session Wednesday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
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In early stages of throwing program
Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Friday that Cruz (shoulder) is playing catch from about 75 feet and is in the beginning stages of his throwing progression, MLB.com reports.
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Re-evaluation looming
Cruz (shoulder) is set to be re-evaluated Monday before the Royals determine if he can begin a throwing program, MLB.com reports.
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Receives injection in shoulder
Cruz got an injection in his right shoulder Monday and could be cleared to play catch early next week, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
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