Steven Cruz

Kansas City Royals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Steven Cruz has thrown 2,452 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Slider (90mph), also mixing in a Sinker (97mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (94mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, has some natural sinking action and has slight armside run. Their slider is thrown extremely hard and has less than expected depth. Their sinker is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2024) is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has little cutting action.