Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Steven Cruz RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 180	‐
VBR	# 535	# 482

Projections

Strikeouts	17	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	2
ERA	3.88	4.21
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	# 237

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	37

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	45.2	39.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	6	2

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	12	3

Hits Allowed	46	32

Earned Runs	19	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	10

Strikeouts	36	46

Walks	16	17

ERA	3.74	4.38

WHIP	1.36	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.6	18.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	17	17

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	19

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.88	4.21

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Steven Cruz allowed one run on one hit while striking out one across one frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	Bryan King tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 4-2 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan King RP - HOU			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Steven Cruz (2026)

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