Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Elly De La Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 220
VBR	# 5	# 399

Projections

Runs	18	8
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	15	7
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.258	.267

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 257

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	# 184

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 270

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	# 151

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	457	137

Runs	77	12

Hits	121	38

Singles	72	27

Doubles	23	7

Triples	5	1

Home Runs	21	3

RBI	58	15

Stolen Bases	23	1

Caught Stealing	8	1

Walks	54	15

Strikeouts	140	23

Batting Average	.265	.277

On Base Pct	.343	.371

Slugging Pct	.475	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.780

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	56

Runs	18	8

Hits	28	15

Singles	16	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	15	7

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	6

Strikeouts	34	9

Batting Average	.258	.267

On Base Pct	.339	.348

Slugging Pct	.461	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA
News
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cardinals with one run scored, one stolen base, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Mariners placed 3B Brendan Donovan on the seven-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a solo home run and two walks. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Brendan Donovan was scratched Saturday after he was hit in the head by a baseball in the batting cage prior to the game. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Brendan Donovan was a late scratch from the Mariners lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-4 with a walk, three doubles, two runs, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Brendan Donovan went 2-for-3 with two walks in the Mariners 7-5 win over the Brewers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Brendan Donovan went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the Mariners 10-5 win over the Astros on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN			Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#396
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Elly De La Cruz (2026)

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