Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Kevin Newman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 5	‐

Projections

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

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	457	‐

Runs	77	‐

Hits	121	‐

Singles	72	‐

Doubles	23	‐

Triples	5	‐

Home Runs	21	‐

RBI	58	‐

Stolen Bases	23	‐

Caught Stealing	8	‐

Walks	54	‐

Strikeouts	140	‐

Batting Average	.265	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.475	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	28	‐

Singles	16	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.339	‐

Slugging Pct	.461	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
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
	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
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	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
	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
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			Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61

Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Kevin Newman (2026)

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