Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for George Lombard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 255
VBR	# 10	# 211

Projections

Runs	17	12
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	14	11
Stolen Bases	6	3
Batting Average	.259	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 168

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 174

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	462	74

Runs	78	12

Hits	124	19

Singles	75	15

Doubles	23	1

Triples	5	1

Home Runs	21	2

RBI	60	6

Stolen Bases	23	1

Caught Stealing	8	1

Walks	54	7

Strikeouts	141	22

Batting Average	.268	.257

On Base Pct	.346	.317

Slugging Pct	.476	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.696

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	91

Runs	17	12

Hits	26	21

Singles	16	14

Doubles	5	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	14	11

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	11	11

Strikeouts	31	28

Batting Average	.259	.228

On Base Pct	.340	.314

Slugging Pct	.457	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
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	George Lombard Jr. went 1-for-3 in a win over the Blue Jays with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	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	George Lombard Jr. went 2-for-3 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	George Lombard Jr. went 1-for-2 in a 2-0 win over the Cardinals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	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	George Lombard Jr. is in the lineup for the New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	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	George Lombard Jr. has been called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees according to Jack Curry. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN			George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
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 (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for George Lombard (2026)

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