Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Nardi for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Nardi RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 389	‐
VBR	# 863	# 482

Projections

Strikeouts	5	19
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	3.62	4.21
WHIP	1.32	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 428	# 237

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 412	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Nardi RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	37

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	22.2	39.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	8	3

Hits Allowed	21	32

Earned Runs	13	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	10

Strikeouts	27	46

Walks	11	17

ERA	5.16	4.38

WHIP	1.41	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Nardi RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.2	18.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	4	17

Earned Runs	2	9

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	5	19

Walks	2	8

ERA	3.62	4.21

WHIP	1.32	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Nardi RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	Andrew Nardi is continuing to progress on his throwing program. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	Andrew Nardi reportedly has a three-month timeline after landing on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	Andrew Nardi's IL stint is expected to last much longer than the minimum 15 days. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Steven Cruz allowed one run on one hit while striking out one across one frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Marlins placed LHP Andrew Nardi on the 15-day injured list with a left rib cage stress reaction. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	Marlins left-hander Andrew Nardi (finger) will throw another live bullpen session on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 25th	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Nardi RP - MIA			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Nardi for Steven Cruz (2026)

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