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Fernando Cruz and his splitter
Cruz struck out all five batters he faced on Sunday.
Last 5 appearances: 5.1 IN, 1 H, 0 R, 13 K.
Opponents are 3 for 54 (.056) with 3 singles, 42 K vs his splitter this season. Overall, batters are hitting .163 against him.
Cruz has faced 100 batters and struck out 48 (48%)
The MLB average is 22.5% for pitchers.
He's 2nd among relievers to Mason Miller (53.6).
The best rate among SP this year is 33% (Tyler Glasnow, Jack Flaherty, Garrett Crochet).
For random comparison, here some of the best K% in a season for Cincinnati Reds pitchers:
52.5 Aroldis Chapman
38.5 Rob Dibble
32.6 Alexis Diaz
27.8 Randy Myers
26.5 Mario Soto
26.4 Norm Charlton
26.2 Jim Maloney
23.5 Don Gullett
22.1 Gary Nolan
21.0 Tom Seaver