Fernando Cruz or Justin Topa

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Fernando Cruz or Justin Topa Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	19.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	19	4

Hits Allowed	41	27

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	67	12

Walks	32	11

ERA	3.13	8.05

WHIP	1.34	2.00

Fernando Cruz or Justin Topa Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	59	57

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.9	58.9

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	2	4

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	12

Hits Allowed	45	60

Earned Runs	24	28

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	81	50

Walks	27	19

ERA	3.68	4.22

WHIP	1.23	1.34

Fernando Cruz or Justin Topa Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	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 Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	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 Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
		The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
		The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Fernando Cruz or Justin Topa Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Justin Topa RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs BAL