Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 213	‐
VBR	# 471	# 602

Projections

Strikeouts	15	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.90	4.27
WHIP	1.37	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 208	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 237

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	34

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	36.0

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	30

Earned Runs	‐	19

Home Runs Allowed	‐	10

Strikeouts	‐	43

Walks	‐	16

ERA	‐	4.75

WHIP	‐	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.4	19.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	12	17

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	19

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.90	4.27

WHIP	1.37	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	Ben Joyce faced live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce threw off a mound in Arizona on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Steven Cruz (2026)

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