Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 134	# 1171

Projections

Runs	20	6
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	16	7
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.272	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 78	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 139	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	18

Runs	48	2

Hits	97	9

Singles	58	7

Doubles	22	1

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	59	3

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	67	5

Batting Average	.288	.500

On Base Pct	.329	.500

Slugging Pct	.484	.722

On-base Plus Slugging	.812	1.222

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	54

Runs	20	6

Hits	39	13

Singles	27	9

Doubles	7	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	16	7

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	28	15

Batting Average	.272	.242

On Base Pct	.326	.291

Slugging Pct	.412	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
News
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-5 in a win over the Royals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Bryan De La Cruz went 1-for-2 with a solo homer and a walk in Wednesday's 9-5 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Phillies recalled Bryan De La Cruz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Phillies are expected to call up Bryan De La Cruz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Bryan De La Cruz signed a Major League deal with the Phillies on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Phillies reassigned OF Bryan De La Cruz to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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