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Oneil Cruz
Pittsburgh Pirates
OF: 125 DH: 3
2026 Projected Value: $13
2026 Actual Value: $35 Difference: $22
Based on 10-team NL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	Rate
2026 proj	419	95	56	17	56	50	148	27	0.227	28.7
2026	250	66	45	14	44	30	98	21	0.264	65.7
2025	471	94	62	20	61	64	174	38	0.200	29.1
2024	541	140	72	21	76	51	181	22	0.259	40.6
2023	32	8	7	1	4	7	8	3	0.250	3.1
2022	331	77	45	17	54	28	126	11	0.233	23.3
2021	9	3	2	1	3	0	4	0	0.333	1.6

Player News

Date	News
6/13/26	Ambulance Chasers: Hams Going Hog Wild. Howdy doo, Razzballeroos! Happy Ham Week. This week, we acknowledge at least four hitters (Oneil Cruz, Munetaka Murakami, Ronald Acuña Jr., Teoscar Hernández) who were victims of hammies shredded worse than some Thanksgiving leftovers. Ham not your thing? We also have Aaron Judge’s ribs. Please, blog, may I have some more? Source: https://razzball.com/ambulance-chasers-hams-going-...
6/12/26	Pirates' Cruz lands on IL with broken left hand. Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz went on the 10-day injured list Wednesday after tests revealed non-displaced fractures between his ring finger and his pinkie. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49022708/pirat...
6/11/26	Pirates' Cruz lands on IL with broken left hand. Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz went on the 10-day injured list Wednesday after tests revealed non-displaced fractures between his ring finger and his pinkie. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49022708/pirat...
6/11/26	Pirates' Cruz lands on IL with broken left hand. Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz went on the 10-day injured list Wednesday after tests revealed non-displaced fractures between his ring finger and his pinkie. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49022708/pirat...
6/10/26	Oneil Cruz to injured list with fractures in hand. No content provided Source: https://www.mlb.com/news/oneil-cruz-placed-on-inju...
5/19/26	Free MLB home run picks, odds for May 19: Oneil Cruz in expert's best bets for Tuesday HR player props. SportsLine's Jacob Fetner reveals his best MLB home run props picks for Tuesday, May 19 Source: https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/free-mlb-ho...
4/23/26	Cruz's 116.9 mph homer hardest-hit this season. Pirates star Oneil Cruz rocketed a cut fastball from Jalen Beeks off the top of the right-field foul pole measured at 432 feet. The exit velocity of 116.9 mph made it the hardest-hit ball this season and second hardest ever at Globe Life Field. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48567203/pirat...
4/23/26	Cruz's 116.9 mph homer hardest-hit this season. Pirates star Oneil Cruz rocketed a cut fastball from Jalen Beeks off the top of the right-field foul pole measured at 432 feet. The exit velocity of 116.9 mph made it the hardest-hit ball this season and second hardest ever at Globe Life Field. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48567203/pirat...
3/27/26	Automated Ball-Strike System sees 61.3% success rate in first games. Teams had a 61.3% success rate on challenges, going 19 of 31 through the first 12 games of the regular season. Using Hawk-Eye technology, 12 cameras measure whether a pitch crosses the strike zone with accuracy of about one-sixth of an inch. Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz became the first batter to have a ball four overturned to strike three during the third inning against the Mets. New York catcher Francisco Alvarez challenged and it showed the pitch caught the inside corner. The Mets were 2 for 3 on their challenges. Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/automated-bal...
3/26/26	Pirates' Oneil Cruz talks outfield misplays that fueled Mets' Opening Day win. Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz made two crucial misplays in the Mets' 11-7 Opening Day win on Thursday, and spoke about what happened in that five-run first inning. Source: https://sny.tv/articles/pirates-oneil-cruz-outfiel...
2/04/26	Prospect News: Top 100 For 2026 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball. 76. Pirates RHP Seth Hernandez \| 19 \| NA \| 2029 I might wind up low on Seth Hernandez despite loving the player. How could you not? He throws a hundred miles an hour with an adult change-up and solid command. Comes down to timeline stuff. Pittsburgh can develop pitching, but they won’t be in any kind of hurry with Hernandez. They have Oneil Cruz and Paul Skenes today. Jared Jones is on the way back and Bubba Chandler is on the way up. Why take a player who’s five years away? It’s certainly defensible because Hernandez is awesome, but it also feels like old thinking in that a front office shouldn’t draft for short-term impact. We have all seen the opposite over the last several years. Amateur baseball has come a long way. Then I think of Jackson Jobe and Andrew Painter, who’ve both been great in the minors at times but have battled injuries throughout their careers. Can’t predict that, of course, but it’s just hard to point to a high school right-hander who has returned a ton of dynasty value. There’s Hunter Greene, but he’s been hurt, too Source: https://razzball.com/prospect-news-top-100-for-202...
12/08/25	Vlad Jr. and Oneil Cruz in a derby ... with metal bats? As glorious as it sounds. No content provided Source: https://www.mlb.com/news/vladimir-guerrero-jr-onei...
8/30/25	Oneil Cruz homers as the surging Pirates beat the Red Sox 10-3. Oneil Cruz homered, Bryan Reynolds drove in two runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 on Saturday. Tommy Pham and Nick Gonzales also drove in two runs apiece as Pittsburgh won for the eighth time in 10 games. Source: https://www.theintelligencer.net/sports/top-sports...
8/26/25	Oneil Cruz reinstated off concussion IL; Heaney DFA'd. No content provided Source: https://www.mlb.com/news/oneil-cruz-reinstated-off...
8/25/25	Pirates Star Gets Locker vs. Cardinals. The Pittsburgh Pirates haven't had one of their star players the past two weeks, but he's back with the team ahead of their next series. Oneil Cruz has a locker in the Pirates' clubhouse ahead of the series opener vs. the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Aug. 25, according to Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pirates manager Don Kelly said that Cruz isn't active ahead of this game, according to Beazley, but that they're taking it day-by-day, before bringing him off the seven-day concussion list. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/pirates/news/pittsburgh-pir...
8/24/25	Pirates Star Nearing Return From Injury. The Pittsburgh Pirates haven't had one of their top players in the lineup for the past two weeks, but they're confident he'll be back soon enough. Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz made his first appearance back on a baseball field, as he started his rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Aug. 23, playing in center field and leading off. Cruz had one hit in four at-bats, vs. the Reading Fightin Phils, the Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies at Peoples Natural Gas Park. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/pirates/news/pittsburgh-pir...
8/23/25	Pirates’ Oneil Cruz takes big step toward injury return. How Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz took a big step toward recovering from his head injury from earlier this month. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/pirates-oneil-cru...
8/18/25	Pirates GM Updates Oneil Cruz's Injury. The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently without one of their top players, who recently suffered an injury that has kept him out the past few games. Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz hasn't played the past four games, after he went on the seven-day concussion list on Aug. 13. Cruz collided with left fielder Jack Suwinski after diving for a ball hit from Brewers shortstop Joey Ortiz in the bottom of the fourth inning at American Family Field in a 14-0 loss on Aug. 12. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/pirates/news/pittsburgh-pir...
8/15/25	Pirates Announce Oneil Cruz News After Leaving Brewers Game. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Oneil Cruz news after he left a game against the Milwaukee Brewers early. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/pirates-announce-...
8/13/25	Fantasy baseball news: Oneil Cruz hurt; Orioles shut down multiple pitchers. All of the important fantasy spin and actionable takeaways resulting from the latest baseball news. Source: https://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/id/4...

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