Brandyn Garcia or Steven Cruz
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| Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI  | Steven Cruz RP - KC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 13 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 10.0 | 13.0 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 0 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 4 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 6 | 14 |
| Earned Runs | 1 | 13 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 11 | 19 |
| Walks | 2 | 10 |
| ERA | 0.90 | 9.00 |
| WHIP | 0.80 | 1.85 |
| Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI | Steven Cruz RP - KC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 41 | 39 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 43.7 | 40.6 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 6 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 43 | 36 |
| Earned Runs | 23 | 20 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 39 | 37 |
| Walks | 20 | 17 |
| ERA | 4.66 | 4.48 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.33 |
| Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI | Steven Cruz RP - KC | |
| News | ||
| The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st | The Royals recalled Steven Cruz from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | |
| The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Brandyn Garcia to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th | The Royals optioned RHP Steven Cruz to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th | |
| Brandyn Garcia is expected to return to the mound for Wednesday's spring training game against the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 3rd | The Royals recalled RHP Steven Cruz from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st | |
| Cruz allowed just one earned run while striking out seven across 5.2 Cactus League innings but couldn't secure a spot in Kansas City's Opening Day bullpen. He owns a 3.66 ERA and 1.20 WHIP across 64 career innings with the Royals. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st | ||
| The Royals signed RHP Steven Cruz to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI | Steven Cruz RP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs DET | Justin Verlander (0-1) | #160 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ PHI | Zach Pop | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 | |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | vs DET | Burch Smith | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TEX | Jakob Junis | ||||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs COL | Zach Agnos | ||||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ MIA | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | ||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ MIA | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ MIA | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs LAA | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs LAA | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs LAA | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIN | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ STL | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ STL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ STL | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ STL | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SF | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SF | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SF | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ SD | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ LAD | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ LAD | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ LAD | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ WSH | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ WSH | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ WSH | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ PIT | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ PIT | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ PIT | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CLE | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CLE | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CLE | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs SD | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs SD | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs SD | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAD | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAD | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAD | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ ATL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ ATL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ ATL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ BOS | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BOS | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BOS | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CHC | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CHC | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CHC | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ SF | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ SF | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ SF | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ SF | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs TEX | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs TEX | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs TEX | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIA | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIA | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ COL | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SD | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SD | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SD | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
