Joel Payamps or Steven Cruz

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Joel Payamps or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	52

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	7.2	54.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	9	49

Earned Runs	8	25

Home Runs Allowed	2	12

Strikeouts	9	58

Walks	4	20

ERA	9.39	4.12

WHIP	1.70	1.26

Joel Payamps or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	52	39

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	50.3	40.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	3

Hits Allowed	48	36

Earned Runs	25	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	48	37

Walks	16	17

ERA	4.44	4.48

WHIP	1.26	1.33

Joel Payamps or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 3-0 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th
		Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th
		Steven Cruz struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 7-6 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th
		Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th
		Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
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Joel Payamps or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#215	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#79	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#400	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#326	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#286	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#230	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#190	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#95	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#222	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#309	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#246
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#309	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#199	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#401
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#247
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#379	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#180	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#54
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#118
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (1-0)	#384
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#219