Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for Mike Trout (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	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	# 73	‐
VBR	# 84	# 1185

Projections

Runs	28	6
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	24	7
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.245	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	324	14

Runs	63	2

Hits	79	8

Singles	45	6

Doubles	16	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	40	2

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	75	1

Strikeouts	99	4

Batting Average	.244	.571

On Base Pct	.393	.563

Slugging Pct	.460	.857

On-base Plus Slugging	.853	1.420

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	158	54

Runs	28	6

Hits	39	13

Singles	22	9

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	24	7

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	29	4

Strikeouts	53	15

Batting Average	.245	.241

On Base Pct	.376	.291

Slugging Pct	.479	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
News
	Mike Trout went 4-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Giants with one double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Mike Trout went 0-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Phillies recalled Bryan De La Cruz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Mike Trout went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Phillies are expected to call up Bryan De La Cruz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Mike Trout (hamstring) has been activated from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Bryan De La Cruz signed a Major League deal with the Phillies on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) is on track to return from the injured list on Wednesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA			Bryan De La Cruz LF,RF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 1st				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for Mike Trout (2026)

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