Who Should I Trade?

Ben Peoples for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 237	‐
VBR	# 406	# 695

Projections

Strikeouts	26	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.82	4.33
WHIP	1.33	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	10.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	33	9

Earned Runs	13	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	58	5

Walks	29	1

ERA	2.51	2.70

WHIP	1.33	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	13.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	2

Hits Allowed	16	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	26	12

Walks	10	6

ERA	3.82	4.33

WHIP	1.33	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
News
	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	The Rangers selected the contract of Ben Peoples. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
		Ben Peoples is in the Rangers clubhouse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
		The Rangers acquired RHP Ben Peoples from the White Sox for C Ben Hartl. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		The White Sox have reassigned right-hander Ben Peoples to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 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 Peoples RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Peoples for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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