John Klein or Steven Cruz

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John Klein or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	John Klein SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	3

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	52.2	4.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	46	3

Earned Runs	25	2

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	57	2

Walks	19	4

ERA	4.27	4.15

WHIP	1.23	1.62

John Klein or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	John Klein SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	39	28

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	40.6	35.4

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	36	35

Earned Runs	20	18

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	37	30

Walks	17	13

ERA	4.48	4.57

WHIP	1.33	1.36

John Klein or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	John Klein SP,RP - TOR
News
	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	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	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	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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John Klein or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			John Klein SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#416
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#210	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#169	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#198	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#315
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#144
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#44
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#172
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS