Who Should I Trade?

Adley Rutschman for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Adley Rutschman C,DH - BOS	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	# 368
VBR	# 182	# 1123

Projections

Runs	13	5
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	13	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.257	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 147	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 100	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 438

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Adley Rutschman C,DH - BOS	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	126

Runs	33	9

Hits	68	22

Singles	38	13

Doubles	20	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	51	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	36	9

Strikeouts	52	45

Batting Average	.236	.175

On Base Pct	.320	.250

Slugging Pct	.406	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Adley Rutschman C,DH - BOS	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	42

Runs	13	5

Hits	24	10

Singles	15	6

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	13	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	17	13

Batting Average	.257	.228

On Base Pct	.347	.302

Slugging Pct	.417	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Adley Rutschman C,DH - BOS	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
News
	Adley Rutschman went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th
	Adley Rutschman was activated from the IL and will make his Red Sox debut on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-1 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said he expects to activate Adley Rutschman on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-1 in a win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Adley Rutschman could be activated from the injured list as early as Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-4 in Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Mets with a home run, one run scored and two RBI while striking out once. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
	Adley Rutschman caught five innings in his first rehab game with Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	The Cardinals recalled Jimmy Crooks III from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Adley Rutschman C,DH - BOS			Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Adley Rutschman for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

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