Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Max Muncy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 9	# 600

Projections

Runs	19	6
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	16	7
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.262	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 487

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	451	209

Runs	76	28

Hits	118	45

Singles	70	27

Doubles	22	9

Triples	5	2

Home Runs	21	7

RBI	58	25

Stolen Bases	22	3

Caught Stealing	8	2

Walks	54	18

Strikeouts	140	78

Batting Average	.262	.215

On Base Pct	.341	.286

Slugging Pct	.472	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	114	52

Runs	19	6

Hits	30	12

Singles	18	8

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	16	7

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	35	17

Batting Average	.262	.234

On Base Pct	.343	.298

Slugging Pct	.463	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	.694

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
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	Max Muncy went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	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	Max Muncy went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s 9-7 loss to the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	The Athletics recalled INF Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	The Athletics optioned Max Muncy to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	The Athletics recalled Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
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			Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#270
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71

Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Max Muncy (2026)

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