Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Trei Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 309	# 1306

Projections

Runs	22	2
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.242	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	5

Runs	17	0

Hits	29	0

Singles	15	0

Doubles	10	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	18	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	11	0

Strikeouts	26	3

Batting Average	.242	.000

On Base Pct	.308	.000

Slugging Pct	.417	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	18

Runs	22	2

Hits	43	4

Singles	27	3

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	54	5

Batting Average	.242	.207

On Base Pct	.309	.284

Slugging Pct	.391	.283

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.567

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Tigers optioned Trei Cruz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Tigers are calling up Trei Cruz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Cruz slashed .270/.341/.324 with two stolen bases during Grapefruit League action but has yet to make his major-league debut. The Tigers optioned him to Triple-A Toledo Tuesday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th
	Braden Montgomery is expected to join the White Sox ahead of Tuesday's game against the Braves. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Trei Cruz (2026)

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