Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 676

Projections

Strikeouts	2	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	4.23
WHIP	1.49	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	0

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	0.00

WHIP	‐	0.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	15

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	2.0	11.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	10

Earned Runs	1	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	2	11

Walks	1	6

ERA	4.48	4.23

WHIP	1.49	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
News
	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
		Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
		The Yankees are expected to option Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
		The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
		The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Yovanny Cruz to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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