Ryne Nelson or Steven Cruz

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Ryne Nelson or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	50

Games Started	15	2

Innings Pitched	83.1	52.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	81	46

Earned Runs	46	25

Home Runs Allowed	18	12

Strikeouts	62	57

Walks	22	19

ERA	4.97	4.27

WHIP	1.24	1.23

Ryne Nelson or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	32	39

Games Started	26	0

Innings Pitched	154.1	40.6

Wins	9	2

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	150	36

Earned Runs	69	20

Home Runs Allowed	20	5

Strikeouts	127	37

Walks	42	17

ERA	4.02	4.48

WHIP	1.25	1.33

Ryne Nelson or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Ryne Nelson will “most likely return in a bullpen role.” Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	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
	Ryne Nelson faced hitters in a 21-pitch simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	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 Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow 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
	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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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Ryne Nelson or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#25
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#371	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU