One of the dirtiest pitchers in the game for almost three weeks of the regular season was among the less effective pitchers for approximately one month of the Grapefruit League season.
“You can look for my number in spring training,” Fernando Cruz said with a smile before the Yankees played against the Royal Bronx on Tuesday. “They were ridiculous.”
Those numbers: nine races (seven cattle) in 10 hits at 6 ¹/₃ Inputs in which three home runs are cooled with a 1.89 whip.
His 11 strikeouts reflected the caliber of things, but the results.
