A.J. Minter or Fernando Cruz

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News & Notes
Schedule

A.J. Minter or Fernando Cruz Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	37

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	36.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	6	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	19	6

Hits Allowed	41	27

Earned Runs	19	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	67	30

Walks	32	6

ERA	3.13	1.75

WHIP	1.34	0.92

A.J. Minter or Fernando Cruz Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	59	48

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.9	47.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	17	15

Hits Allowed	45	39

Earned Runs	24	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	81	53

Walks	27	17

ERA	3.68	3.84

WHIP	1.23	1.17

A.J. Minter or Fernando Cruz Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
		A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
Notes
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A.J. Minter or Fernando Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB