Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Francisco Lindor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 46
VBR	# 10	# 23

Projections

Runs	17	16
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	14	14
Stolen Bases	6	3
Batting Average	.259	.254

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 61

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 24

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 49

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	# 57

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 18

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	# 50

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	462	300

Runs	78	43

Hits	124	70

Singles	75	45

Doubles	23	8

Triples	5	4

Home Runs	21	13

RBI	60	33

Stolen Bases	23	3

Caught Stealing	8	2

Walks	54	35

Strikeouts	141	66

Batting Average	.268	.233

On Base Pct	.346	.320

Slugging Pct	.476	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.736

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	104

Runs	17	16

Hits	26	26

Singles	16	16

Doubles	5	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	14	14

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	11	11

Strikeouts	31	22

Batting Average	.259	.254

On Base Pct	.340	.335

Slugging Pct	.457	.447

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.782

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM
News
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cardinals with one run scored, one stolen base, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Francisco Lindor went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 25th
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a solo home run and two walks. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Francisco Lindor went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Friday’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Francisco Lindor went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three runs scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th
	Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-4 with a walk, three doubles, two runs, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Francisco Lindor went 1-for-3 with two walks, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th
	Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Francisco Lindor went 2-for-6 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Thursday's 13-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN			Francisco Lindor SS - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, May 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6

Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Francisco Lindor (2026)

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