Marco Raya or Steven Cruz

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Marco Raya or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	3

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	52.2	6.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	46	5

Earned Runs	25	2

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	57	4

Walks	19	3

ERA	4.27	3.00

WHIP	1.23	1.33

Marco Raya or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	39	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.6	23.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	36	23

Earned Runs	20	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	37	21

Walks	17	11

ERA	4.48	4.72

WHIP	1.33	1.48

Marco Raya or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
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 activated Marco Raya from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	Marco Raya made a rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Marco Raya (shoulder) was placed on the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	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	The Twins recalled Marco Raya from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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 Marco Raya to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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Marco Raya or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#25	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#209
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#259
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#224
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS