Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for JJ Wetherholt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	# 53
VBR	# 5	# 93

Projections

Runs	18	15
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	15	12
Stolen Bases	7	3
Batting Average	.258	.258

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 48

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 61

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 41

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	# 40

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 69

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	# 70

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	457	497

Runs	77	88

Hits	121	122

Singles	72	91

Doubles	23	14

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	21	17

RBI	58	48

Stolen Bases	23	14

Caught Stealing	8	1

Walks	54	63

Strikeouts	140	93

Batting Average	.265	.246

On Base Pct	.343	.348

Slugging Pct	.475	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	100

Runs	18	15

Hits	28	26

Singles	16	18

Doubles	5	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	15	12

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	12

Strikeouts	34	20

Batting Average	.258	.258

On Base Pct	.339	.348

Slugging Pct	.461	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL
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	JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-5 with a run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base while striking out twice. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th
	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	JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-4 in loss to the Phillies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 23rd
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	JJ Wetherholt went 1-for-4 in Thursday's 10-9 win over the Reds with three runs scored and a walk. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st
	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	JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cubs with a double, three runs scored, one RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 17th
	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	JJ Wetherholt went 1-for-3 in a 7-1 win over the Phillies with two runs scored, one stolen base, two walks and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th
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			JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5

Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for JJ Wetherholt (2026)

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