O. Cruz, Burleson, Fedde, Nelson, Merrifield
Aug 7 2024
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?
| Year | PA | HR/SB | BA/xBA | bb%/ct% | GB/LD/FB | h% | HctX | PX/xPX | Brl% | HR/F | Spd/SBO/SB% |
| 2021* | 301 | 13/14 | .269/.280 | 7/71 | 60/20/20 | 33 | 234 | 128/178 | 40% | 100% | 125/26%/80% |
| 2022* | 592 | 22/17 | .214/.227 | 8/65 | 49/17/34 | 28 | 109 | 126/119 | 16% | 24% | 136/24%/61% |
| 2023 | 40 | 1/3 | .250/.197 | 17/75 | 45/8/50 | 30 | 25 | 73/41 | 4% | 8% | 122/23%/100% |
| 2024 | 401 | 17/10 | .257/.242 | 7/64 | 43/19/37 | 35 | 104 | 156/132 | 19% | 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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