Steven Cruz or Steven Matz

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Steven Cruz or Steven Matz Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	49

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	67.2	51.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	1	6

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	64	46

Earned Runs	45	25

Home Runs Allowed	14	12

Strikeouts	50	56

Walks	21	19

ERA	5.99	4.35

WHIP	1.26	1.26

Steven Cruz or Steven Matz Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	34	39

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	118.2	40.6

Wins	6	2

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	119	36

Earned Runs	55	20

Home Runs Allowed	16	5

Strikeouts	100	37

Walks	33	17

ERA	4.22	4.48

WHIP	1.28	1.33

Steven Cruz or Steven Matz Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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 Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. 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
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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 Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	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 Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	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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Steven Cruz or Steven Matz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#269	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#217	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL