O. Cruz, Burleson, Fedde, Nelson, Merrifield

Cruz is still a work in progress … A fractured fibula ended Oneil Cruz’s (SS, PIT) 2023 season on April 9. He got off to a sluggish start in 2024, but has a .257 BA with 17 HR and 10 SB through 401 PA. How are the underlying metrics?

YearPAHR/SBBA/xBAbb%/ct%GB/LD/FBh%HctXPX/xPXBrl%HR/FSpd/SBO/SB%
2021*30113/14.269/.2807/7160/20/2033234128/17840%100%125/26%/80%
2022*59222/17.214/.2278/6549/17/3428109126/11916%24%136/24%/61%
2023401/3.250/.19717/7545/8/50302573/414%8%122/23%/100%
202440117/10.257/.2427/6443/19/3735104156/13219%19%100/13%/90%
*Includes MLEs

Aside from ct%, this is an exciting skill set:

  • He has managed to increase his ct% a few points from 2022, but it remains in bad shape. That limits his BA upside. It’s worth noting that...

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