Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 254	‐
VBR	‐	# 915

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.22
WHIP	‐	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	4.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	19	0

Hits Allowed	41	6

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	67	4

Walks	32	4

ERA	3.13	9.64

WHIP	1.34	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.22

WHIP	‐	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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