Steven Cruz

Right-handed pitcher · KC · 2 starts · 54.2 innings

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3.39
SIERA
4.12
ERA
25.9 %
strikeout rate
8.6 %
walk rate
1.26
WHIP

His ERA and his SIERA disagree by 0.73. The ERA is the harsh one — he has pitched better than his run prevention shows. SIERA is built from strikeouts, walks and contact, so it settles far faster than ERA does.

Against left-handed and right-handed batters

Neither his xFIP (0.71 between sides) nor his strikeout rate (3.4 points) moves much depending on the batter’s hand. That is worth knowing too: the read on his night has to come from somewhere else.

xFIPK%BB%K-BB%HR/9
vs left-handed batters3.4327.3 %8.3 %18.9 %2.51
vs right-handed batters4.1423.9 %9.1 %14.8 %1.33

xFIP rather than SIERA by hand: FanGraphs does not publish SIERA in its splits. The two describe the same thing and correlate at about 0.95.

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