Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee 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	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 135
VBR	# 5	# 218

Projections

Runs	18	11
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	15	13
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.258	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 179

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 96

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 155

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	# 105

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	457	474

Runs	77	59

Hits	121	117

Singles	72	72

Doubles	23	21

Triples	5	3

Home Runs	21	21

RBI	58	70

Stolen Bases	23	7

Caught Stealing	8	4

Walks	54	33

Strikeouts	140	83

Batting Average	.265	.247

On Base Pct	.343	.299

Slugging Pct	.475	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.736

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	96

Runs	18	11

Hits	28	23

Singles	16	16

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	15	13

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	7

Strikeouts	34	18

Batting Average	.258	.243

On Base Pct	.339	.299

Slugging Pct	.461	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
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	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 7-4 loss to the Athletics on Wednesday with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th
	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	Brooks Lee went 1-for-3 in an 8-1 loss to the Padres on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Brooks Lee went 3-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd
	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	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Phillies on Sunday with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 17th
	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	Brooks Lee went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Milwaukee with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 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
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN			Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Elly De La Cruz (2026)

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