Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Cionel Perez RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 244	‐
VBR	# 406	# 702

Projections

Strikeouts	24	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.76	4.16
WHIP	1.34	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 408

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Cionel Perez RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	36

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	48.1	41.2

Wins	4	4

Losses	6	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	17	5

Hits Allowed	34	44

Earned Runs	15	23

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	60	41

Walks	30	16

ERA	2.79	4.97

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Cionel Perez RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.5	10.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	14	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	24	10

Walks	9	5

ERA	3.76	4.16

WHIP	1.34	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Cionel Perez RP - NYM
News
	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	Cionel Perez (forearm) was placed on the IL ahead of Friday's game agains the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 31st
		The Mets selected the contract of LHP Cionel Pérez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Mets signed LHP Cionel Pérez to a minor-league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
		Cionel Perez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
		The Nationals sent LHP Cionel Pérez outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Cionel Perez RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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