Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	# 237
VBR	# 163	# 399

Projections

Strikeouts	27	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	11	1
ERA	2.88	3.73
WHIP	1.09	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 109

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 306

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	52

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	50.0	47.1

Wins	3	4

Losses	1	6

Saves	30	2

Blown Saves	4	4

Holds	0	17

Hits Allowed	40	34

Earned Runs	14	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	70	58

Walks	14	30

ERA	2.52	2.85

WHIP	1.08	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	19.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	16	15

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	27	25

Walks	6	10

ERA	2.88	3.73

WHIP	1.09	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning to preserve a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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