Oneil Cruz

Bats L Throws R6'7" 220 lbBorn 1998 Nizao, D.R.Debut 2021Team PITContract 1 y/$3.3M (26) 2026: $3,300,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 116.7FIELD+ 96.9 at SSTotal 2.44 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	438	386	94	20	2	19	47	127	24	0.244	0.328	0.452	0.781	0.208	0.336	29.0	10.7	112.1	2.01
2027	471	415	98	19	2	21	50	147	24	0.237	0.323	0.441	0.764	0.204	0.330	31.3	10.6	108.2	1.94

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 93 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Pete Runnels	1954	99.0	93.2	567
2	Eric Hinske	2004	97.3	99.3	537
3	Joe Panik	2017	104.5	76.1	392
4	Andy High	1924	106.3	84.5	382
5	Max Bishop	1926	99.5	106.3	489
6	Scott Cooper	1994	99.4	71.1	430
7	Roy Howell	1980	97.3	97.6	273
8	Todd Walker	1999	93.0	89.0	283
9	Brad Miller	2016	107.0	87.5	407
10	Scooter Gennett	2016	97.9	125.1	497

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			471		98	19	2	21		24	50	147	0.237	0.323	0.441	0.764	108.2
2026*	PIT	66	290	46	68	10	0	15		22	31	101	0.266	0.352	0.480	0.832	124.8
2025	PIT	135	544	62	94	18	3	20	61	38	64	174	0.200	0.298	0.378	0.676	86.3
2024	PIT	146	599	72	140	34	3	21	76	22	51	181	0.259	0.324	0.449	0.773	110.7
2023	PIT	9	40	7	8	1	0	1	4	3	7	8	0.250	0.375	0.375	0.750	111.6
2022	PIT	87	361	45	77	13	4	17	54	10	28	126	0.233	0.294	0.450	0.744	104.9
2021	PIT	2	9	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	0.333	0.333	0.667	1.000	164.9
Career		379	1553	188	322	66	10	60	198	73	150	493	0.233	0.309	0.425	0.734	101.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	290	95.8	7.7	17.0	58.7	37.3	32.2	0.255	0.496	0.361	28.4
2025	544	95.8	8.1	18.0	56.6	34.0	28.2	0.218	0.425	0.324	29.2
2024	599	95.5	9.8	15.7	54.9	34.1	31.8	0.259	0.475	0.344	28.8
2023	40	89.5	10.5	4.0	36.0	30.1	30.3	0.204	0.363	0.317	28.7
2022	361	91.9	8.3	15.6	46.1	35.4	30.5	0.217	0.417	0.303	29.9
2021	9	100.5	4.6	40.0	80.0	53.3	52.6	0.273	0.609	0.365

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PIT	OF	125	1061	302	6	11	2	0.966
2024	PIT	SS	112	958	141	231	24	53	0.939	-5.2
2024	PIT	OF	23	195	53	0	2	0	0.964
2023	PIT	SS	9	73	11	19	1	6	0.968	+0.5
2022	PIT	SS	79	678	135	211	17	54	0.953	+0.8
2022	PIT	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2021	PIT	SS	2	18	1	4	0	1	1.000	-0.8

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	247	9 HR, 11 SB	0.232	0.758
2021	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	29	5 HR, 1 SB	0.524	1.941
2021	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	273	12 HR, 18 SB	0.292	0.882
2019	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	136	1 HR, 3 SB	0.269	0.758
2019	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Bat	145	7 HR, 7 SB	0.301	0.860
2018	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	443	14 HR, 11 SB	0.286	0.831
2017	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	375	8 HR, 8 SB	0.240	0.635
2017	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	63	2 HR, 0 SB	0.218	0.717
2017	A	nan	Bat	438	10 HR, 8 SB	0.237	0.647
2016	Rk	DSL Dodgers 1	Bat	211	0 HR, 11 SB	0.294	0.811

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.395	0.371	0.369	0.388
2025	0.204	0.338	0.323	0.290
2024	0.297	0.350	0.388	0.282
2023	0.586	0.323	0.354	0.379
2022	0.243	0.369	0.352	0.308
2021	0.000	0.760	0.422

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.