Fernando Cruz or Troy Melton

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Fernando Cruz or Troy Melton Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	61

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	108.0	54.2

Wins	8	4

Losses	4	6

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	6

Holds	0	19

Hits Allowed	83	41

Earned Runs	30	19

Home Runs Allowed	13	7

Strikeouts	87	67

Walks	30	32

ERA	2.50	3.13

WHIP	1.05	1.34

Fernando Cruz or Troy Melton Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	59

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	57.2	58.9

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	17

Hits Allowed	53	45

Earned Runs	27	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	52	81

Walks	18	27

ERA	4.26	3.68

WHIP	1.24	1.23

Fernando Cruz or Troy Melton Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	Troy Melton allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 5 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Tue, Sep 8th	Fernando Cruz will resume tossing on flat ground this weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	Troy Melton allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Sep 2nd	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Troy Melton allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits and three walks while striking out three over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	Troy Melton allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Troy Melton allowed one unearned run on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th	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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Fernando Cruz or Troy Melton Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#192	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)	#252
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#397	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH