Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Schunk for Elly De La Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 9	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	16	‐
Stolen Bases	7	‐
Batting Average	.262	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	447	‐

Runs	76	‐

Hits	117	‐

Singles	70	‐

Doubles	21	‐

Triples	5	‐

Home Runs	21	‐

RBI	58	‐

Stolen Bases	22	‐

Caught Stealing	8	‐

Walks	54	‐

Strikeouts	140	‐

Batting Average	.262	‐

On Base Pct	.342	‐

Slugging Pct	.472	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	114	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	30	‐

Singles	18	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	16	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.262	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.463	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
News
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cardinals with one run scored, one stolen base, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a solo home run and two walks. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-4 with a walk, three doubles, two runs, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN			Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Schunk for Elly De La Cruz (2026)

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