Oneil

Cruz

CFAge : 28Bats : L

#15

Oneil Cruz

#15CFPittsburgh Pirates

Height : 6' 7" · Weight : 112 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-10-02

Born in : Nizao, Dominican Republic

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Pittsburgh Pirates	97	368	103	20	67	.280	.854
2025	Pittsburgh Pirates	135	471	94	20	61	.200	.676
2024	Pittsburgh Pirates	146	541	140	21	76	.259	.773
2023	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	32	8	1	4	.250	.750
2022	Pittsburgh Pirates	87	331	77	17	54	.233	.744
2021	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	9	3	1	3	.333	1.000
Career totals		476	1752	425	80	265	.243	.760

ContractPittsburgh Pirates payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 3.3 M$
AAV: 3.30 M$

2026
3.30 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

132

wOBA

.371

xwOBA

.352

OPS

.854

AVG

.280

OBP

.368

RBI

419

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

3.8

Home runs

2026 WAR

3.3

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↑ Rising (+21)

20221.4 WAR · 2.3 per full season
20243.5 WAR · 3.5 per full season
20251.5 WAR · 1.7 per full season
20263.3 WAR · 4.7 per full season

Outlook, age included

+31 · 27 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Very good

CON: Contact; 58
POW: Power; 93
EYE: Eye; 70
SPD: Speed; 90
FLD: Fielding; 71
DUR: Durability; 67
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

3.3

#55 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

92 / 100

#21 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

82 / 100

Surplus $29.0M · salary $3.3M

PAL: dimensions

Offense90

Power93

Discipline17

Speed95

Defense49

WAR, in runs

Batting+16.4

Baserunning+2.9

Fielding-1.0

Positional+0.4

Replacement+12.8

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

94.1 mi/h

99th percentile

Max exit velocity

119.0 mi/h

100th percentile

Barrels

15.3 %

96th percentile

Hard-hit

53.7 %

97th percentile

xBA

.251

57th percentile

Bat speed

77.7 mi/h

98th percentile

Sprint speed

28.5 pi/s

81th percentile

Outs above average

-1

43th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	PIT	3.3	92	84	94.1	119.0	15.3	53.7	.251
2025	PIT	1.5	62	84	95.8	122.9	17.9	56.6	.218
2024	PIT	3.5	81	81	95.5	121.5	15.7	54.9	.260
2022	PIT	1.4	49	76	91.9	122.4	15.5	46.1	.217

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	@ DET	1	0	0	0	0	1	.280
Sep 25	@ DET	3	1	0	0	1	1	.281
Sep 24	vs STL	4	2	0	0	0	0	.280
Sep 22	vs STL	3	0	0	0	1	1	.278
Sep 20	vs KC	4	1	1	1	0	0	.280
Sep 19	vs KC	3	2	0	0	0	1	.280
Sep 18	vs KC	5	3	0	0	0	1	.277
Sep 17	vs MIL	5	1	0	2	0	2	.272
Sep 16	vs MIL	4	2	1	1	0	2	.274
Sep 15	vs MIL	4	0	0	0	0	4	.271