Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Omar Cruz (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Omar Cruz RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 989	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.81	3.96
WHIP	1.47	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	2.5	1.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	1

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	1

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.81	3.96

WHIP	1.47	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	Omar Cruz has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal presumably includes an invite to spring training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Omar Cruz (2026)

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