Who Should I Trade?

Alex Freeland 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	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 5	# 1274

Projections

Runs	18	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.258	.169

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	# 406

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	457	196

Runs	77	24

Hits	121	46

Singles	72	36

Doubles	23	7

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	21	3

RBI	58	19

Stolen Bases	23	2

Caught Stealing	8	0

Walks	54	22

Strikeouts	140	68

Batting Average	.265	.235

On Base Pct	.343	.312

Slugging Pct	.475	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	8

Runs	18	1

Hits	28	1

Singles	16	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	34	3

Batting Average	.258	.169

On Base Pct	.339	.254

Slugging Pct	.461	.224

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	.478

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
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	The Dodgers optioned INF Alex Freeland to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Alex Freeland went 3-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 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	Alex Freeland went 3-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a walk, two RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Alex Freeland went 2-for-3 in a 9-1 win over the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	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	The Dodgers recalled INF Alex Freeland from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN			Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#192
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Freeland for Elly De La Cruz (2026)

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