Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	# 254
VBR	# 348	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.06	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	# 185

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 211	# 306

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	61

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	86.0	54.2

Wins	4	4

Losses	5	6

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	6	6

Holds	6	19

Hits Allowed	79	41

Earned Runs	37	19

Home Runs Allowed	13	7

Strikeouts	96	67

Walks	35	32

ERA	3.87	3.13

WHIP	1.33	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	19.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.06	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	Drew Anderson allowed four hits and five walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	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
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Drew Anderson allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday’s win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th
	Drew Anderson will start on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#201	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#208	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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