Steven Cruz or Yuki Matsui
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| Yuki Matsui RP - SD  | Steven Cruz RP - KC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 50 | 54 |
| Games Started | 0 | 2 |
| Innings Pitched | 61.0 | 56.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 3 |
| Saves | 1 | 7 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 9 | 5 |
| Hits Allowed | 34 | 51 |
| Earned Runs | 13 | 26 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | 13 |
| Strikeouts | 66 | 62 |
| Walks | 34 | 20 |
| ERA | 1.92 | 4.13 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.25 |
| Yuki Matsui RP - SD | Steven Cruz RP - KC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 48 | 39 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 49.1 | 40.6 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 3 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 43 | 36 |
| Earned Runs | 24 | 20 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 50 | 37 |
| Walks | 23 | 17 |
| ERA | 4.35 | 4.48 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.33 |
| Yuki Matsui RP - SD | Steven Cruz RP - KC | |
| News | ||
| Yuki Matsui recorded the save on Sunday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 14th | Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Sep 12th | |
| The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | 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 | |
| Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th | 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 Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 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 | |
| Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st | 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 | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Yuki Matsui RP - SD | Steven Cruz RP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #42 | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #7 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #120 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes | #121 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp | #91 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs SF | Adrian Houser | vs MIN | Joe Ryan | #22 | |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley | #35 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ BOS | Connelly Early | #162 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #23 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez | #32 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #109 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #123 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #5 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #18 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo | #75 | |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget | #321 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay | #133 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #391 | vs CWS | Davis Martin | #103 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #389 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde | #357 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland | #369 | vs CWS | Grant Taylor | #69 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo | #10 | @ DET | Framber Valdez | #42 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty | #120 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo | #88 | @ DET | Keider Montero | #100 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano | #46 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler | #13 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi | #66 | @ NYY | Will Warren | #50 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena | #302 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers | #250 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish | ||||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ COL | Jimmy Herget | #321 | vs BAL | Shane Baz | #81 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #391 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt | #117 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi | #66 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen | #218 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena | #302 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson | #167 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers | #19 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera | #145 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale | #184 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon | @ ATH | Luis Severino | ||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #155 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz | #285 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo | #10 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CWS | Sean Burke | #87 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay | #133 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo | #88 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 | |
| Tue, May 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb | #30 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams | #18 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo | #75 | |
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #83 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi | #204 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #93 | vs DET | Keider Montero | #100 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs STL | Dustin May | #51 | vs DET | Burch Smith | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy | #64 | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat | #258 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde | #357 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz | #285 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison | #109 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay | #133 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #135 | @ STL | Dustin May | #51 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #14 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #64 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby | #29 | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #106 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #3 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray | #34 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #140 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez | #32 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #48 | vs BOS | Connelly Early | #162 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #155 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert | #14 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn | vs SEA | George Kirby | #29 | |
| Sun, May 24th | vs ATH | Luis Medina | #243 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo | #10 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #16 | vs NYY | Will Warren | #50 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #54 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler | #13 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #2 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #24 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #49 | |
| Sat, May 30th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin | #57 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker | #95 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ WSH | Zack Littell | #327 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter | #169 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Lyon Richardson | ||||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #54 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott | #122 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #2 | @ CIN | Chase Burns | #28 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler | #8 | @ MIN | Andrew Morris | #176 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs NYM | Christian Scott | #43 | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews | #63 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean | #39 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan | #22 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban | #174 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp | #96 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs CIN | Chase Burns | #28 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | #97 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs CIN | Brady Singer | #157 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #49 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker | #95 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #81 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai | #138 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson | #373 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows | #299 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #55 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | #308 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ STL | Dustin May | #51 | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez | #151 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #106 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin | #57 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #64 | @ WSH | Zack Littell | #327 |
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #83 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom | #4 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #93 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | #97 | vs STL | Dustin May | #51 |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes | #121 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #9 |
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie | #193 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | #163 |
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #132 | @ TB | Griffin Jax | #20 |
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | Casey Legumina | #306 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki | #80 | @ CWS | David Sandlin | #289 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #3 | @ CWS | Davis Martin | #103 |
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #140 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay | #133 |
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd | #52 | vs TB | Griffin Jax | #20 |
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea | #197 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan | #163 |
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki | #80 | vs TB | Ian Seymour | #41 |
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #3 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #16 |
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #140 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #54 |
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #94 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #2 |
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #218 | @ NYM | Cionel Perez | |
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ARI | @ NYM | Christian Scott | #43 | ||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly | #124 | @ NYM | Sean Manaea | #78 |
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs TOR | Shane Bieber | #148 | @ BAL | Brandon Young | #108 |
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage | #141 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish | |
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #26 | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #81 |
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ KC | Seth Lugo | #116 | vs SD | Michael King | #59 |
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ KC | Randy Dobnak | #371 | vs SD | Griffin Canning | #216 |
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #58 | vs SD | German Marquez | #291 |
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder | vs SF | Trevor McDonald | ||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | vs SF | Tyler Mahle | #60 | |
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ATL | Martin Perez | #132 | vs SF | Landen Roupp | #91 |
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #7 | @ DET | Troy Melton | #73 |
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto | #154 | @ DET | Tarik Skubal | #1 |
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIA | Eury Perez | #40 | @ DET | Casey Mize | #53 |
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIA | Janson Junk | #85 | @ DET | Framber Valdez | #42 |
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | #166 | @ MIN | Taj Bradley | #35 |
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs COL | Gabriel Hughes | #386 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan | #22 |
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | Robbie Ray | #105 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober | #72 |
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs SF | Carson Whisenhunt | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #391 | |
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs SF | Tyler Mahle | #60 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner | #389 |
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp | #91 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland | #369 |
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #110 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan | #22 |
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ARI | Mitch Bratt | vs MIN | Dean Kremer | #82 | |
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | Kohl Drake | #345 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #72 |
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs HOU | Ronel Blanco | #219 | vs CHC | Kevin Gausman | #26 |
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert | #111 | vs CHC | Clay Holmes | #76 |
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs HOU | Cristian Javier | #104 | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd | #52 |
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #23 | @ LAD | Tarik Skubal | #1 |
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #109 | @ LAD | Blake Snell | #12 |
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs MIL | Dustin May | #51 | @ LAD | Eric Lauer | |
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #18 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez | #136 |
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo | #75 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers | #19 |
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 | @ LAA | Ryan Johnson | #231 |
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean | #39 | vs ATH | Mason Barnett | #387 |
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ NYM | Zac Thornton | #115 | vs ATH | Brady Basso | #242 |
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ NYM | Robert Stock | #314 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #155 |
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | Gage Jump | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp | #96 | vs DET | Troy Melton | #73 |
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs MIN | Dean Kremer | #82 | vs DET | Drew Anderson | #114 |
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #72 | vs DET | Jacob Waguespack | |
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes | #5 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer | #90 |
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler | #123 | @ TOR | Spencer Miles | #119 |
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | Spencer Arrighetti | #308 | |||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | #163 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 |
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez | #77 | @ CLE | Foster Griffin | #57 |
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #9 | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #31 |
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo | #101 | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | #298 |
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson | #388 | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #40 |
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #71 | |||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs NYY | Max Fried | #17 | vs TOR | Jameson Taillon | |
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon | #47 | vs TOR | Max Scherzer | #90 |
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #24 | vs TOR | Spencer Arrighetti | #308 |
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin | #247 | vs ARI | Derek Law | |
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs WSH | Riley Cornelio | #304 | vs ARI | Corbin Burnes | #45 |
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs WSH | Jackson Kent | #234 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #218 |
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ SF | Anthony Molina | #294 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray | #34 |
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ SF | Cesar Perdomo | #233 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez | #32 |
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ SF | Logan Webb | #30 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle | #21 |
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland | #369 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown | #27 |
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ COL | Mason Adams | #382 | @ HOU | Cristian Javier | #104 |
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ COL | Tanner Gordon | #384 | @ HOU | Miguel Ullola | #172 |
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | #298 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #5 |
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #40 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #123 |
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #71 | @ PIT | Lake Bachar | #261 |
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #3 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay | #133 |
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ LAD | Blake Snell | #12 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde | #357 |
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ LAD | vs CWS | David Sandlin | #289 | ||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #110 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 |
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ARI | Corbin Burnes | #45 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams | #18 |
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal | #1 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs SF | Logan Webb | #30 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ BOS | Sonny Gray | #34 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner | #389 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd | #52 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #122 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #49 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga | #33 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #48 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #94 | |||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CIN | Brady Singer | #157 | |||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #391 | |||
