Brendon Little or Fernando Cruz

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Brendon Little or Fernando Cruz Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Brendon Little RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	24.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	6	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	2

Holds	19	3

Hits Allowed	41	26

Earned Runs	19	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	67	40

Walks	32	21

ERA	3.13	6.93

WHIP	1.34	1.91

Brendon Little or Fernando Cruz Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Brendon Little RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	59	56

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.9	53.5

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	14

Hits Allowed	45	45

Earned Runs	24	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	81	59

Walks	27	29

ERA	3.68	3.70

WHIP	1.23	1.37

Brendon Little or Fernando Cruz Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Brendon Little RP - TOR
News
	Fernando Cruz will resume tossing on flat ground this weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	The Blue Jays activated LHP Brendon Little from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Blue Jays placed LHP Brendon Little on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	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 Blue Jays recalled Brendon Little from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Brendon Little was seen in the Blue Jays clubhouse on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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 Blue Jays optioned Brendon Little to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
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Brendon Little or Fernando Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Brendon Little RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#381
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#180	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)	#252	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#378
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#48	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB