Fernando Cruz (baseball)

Fernando E. Cruz (born March 28, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Not to be confused with Fernando de la Cruz.
Fernando Cruz
Cincinnati Reds – No. 63
Pitcher
Born: (1990-03-28) March 28, 1990
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 2, 2022, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(through April 3, 2023)
Win–loss record1–1
Earned run average1.65
Strikeouts21
Teams

Career

The Kansas City Royals selected Cruz in the sixth round of the 2007 MLB draft as an infielder.[1][2] He became a pitcher in 2011, but was released in 2012. He joined the Chicago Cubs organization in 2015, pitched in independent baseball leagues from 2016 to 2018, and in the Mexican League in 2018 and 2021.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Cruz as a free agent in January 2022 and assigned him to the Louisville Bats.[1] In 2022 in the minor leagues, he was 4–4 with a 2.89 ERA in 56 innings, and second in the minor leagues with 23 saves.[3]

The Reds promoted Cruz to the major leagues on September 1, 2022,[1][4] and he made his MLB debut the following day, aged 32.[5] He played for the Puerto Rican national baseball team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.[6]

References
  1. "Cincinnati Reds promote prospect Spencer Steer, pitcher Fernando Cruz". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  2. "Fernando Cruz heads to Double-A".
  3. "2022 Register Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. Por Carlos Rosa Rosa (September 2022). "¡Novato a los 32 años! El boricua Fernando Cruz recibe la llamada para subir por primera vez a las Grandes Ligas con los Reds" (in Spanish). Elnuevodia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  5. Sheldon, Mark (September 2, 2022). "15 years after Draft, Cruz K's 2 in MLB debut". MLB.com. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  6. "The Enquirer".
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