Who Should I Trade?

David Morgan for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 254	# 367
VBR	‐	# 738

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	10
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.88
WHIP	‐	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 351

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	David Morgan RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	22.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	6	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	19	1

Hits Allowed	41	28

Earned Runs	19	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	67	27

Walks	32	14

ERA	3.13	4.76

WHIP	1.34	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	David Morgan RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.88

WHIP	‐	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	David Morgan RP - SD
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Padres activated RHP David Morgan from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	David Morgan resumed his rehab assignment with Triple-A El Paso on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	David Morgan suffered a setback on his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		The Padres have placed right-hander David Morgan on the 15-day injured list due to left knee inflammation. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
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			David Morgan RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

David Morgan for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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