Ben Bowden or Fernando Cruz

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Ben Bowden or Fernando Cruz Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	1.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	19	0

Hits Allowed	41	2

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	67	0

Walks	32	2

ERA	3.13	36.00

WHIP	1.34	4.00

Ben Bowden or Fernando Cruz Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	59	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.9	18.4

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	45	20

Earned Runs	24	21

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	81	19

Walks	27	12

ERA	3.68	10.02

WHIP	1.23	1.72

Ben Bowden or Fernando Cruz Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	Fernando Cruz will resume tossing on flat ground this weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	The Athletics sent LHP Ben Bowden outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Athletics designated LHP Ben Bowden for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	The Athletics selected the contract of Ben Bowden. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
Notes
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Ben Bowden or Fernando Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ ATL	Jose Suarez
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#79	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#192	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#193
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#205	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#348	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#273	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#240	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#240	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#375
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#144	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#355
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#327	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#53	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#344	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#144
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#329
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#163	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#233
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#147
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#96
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#156
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#387
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#190	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#219	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#40
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92