Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1107	# 727

Projections

Strikeouts	5	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.21	4.44
WHIP	1.63	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	3

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	17	6

Walks	6	1

ERA	3.92	1.69

WHIP	1.35	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.3	10.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	9

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	5	11

Walks	3	5

ERA	5.21	4.44

WHIP	1.63	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
News
	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
	Rockies right-hander Blas Castano (pectoral) threw his first bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to do so again on July 28. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Yankees are expected to option Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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