Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Trei Cruz (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1297

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.219	.189

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	22	5

Runs	4	0

Hits	4	0

Singles	2	0

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	0

Strikeouts	8	3

Batting Average	.182	.000

On Base Pct	.280	.000

Slugging Pct	.364	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.644	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	16	6

Runs	2	1

Hits	4	1

Singles	2	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	5	2

Batting Average	.219	.189

On Base Pct	.286	.297

Slugging Pct	.375	.225

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.522

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	The Tigers optioned Trei Cruz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th	The Tigers are calling up Trei Cruz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th	Cruz slashed .270/.341/.324 with two stolen bases during Grapefruit League action but has yet to make his major-league debut. The Tigers optioned him to Triple-A Toledo Tuesday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE			Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Trei Cruz (2026)

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