Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Zach Neto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	# 30
VBR	# 5	# 29

Projections

Runs	18	16
Home Runs	5	5
RBI	15	14
Stolen Bases	7	5
Batting Average	.258	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 20

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 26

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 44

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	# 33

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 28

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	# 103

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Zach Neto SS - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	457	519

Runs	77	83

Hits	121	123

Singles	72	70

Doubles	23	27

Triples	5	4

Home Runs	21	22

RBI	58	64

Stolen Bases	23	18

Caught Stealing	8	11

Walks	54	52

Strikeouts	140	177

Batting Average	.265	.237

On Base Pct	.343	.317

Slugging Pct	.475	.432

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Zach Neto SS - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	106

Runs	18	16

Hits	28	26

Singles	16	15

Doubles	5	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	15	14

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	12	9

Strikeouts	34	32

Batting Average	.258	.245

On Base Pct	.339	.322

Slugging Pct	.461	.440

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	.761

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Zach Neto SS - LAA
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	Zach Neto went 2-for-5 in Sunday's loss to the Rangers 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	Zach Neto went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with two doubles, one triple, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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	Zach Neto went 5-for-6 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and seven RBI. Chris Schommer 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	Zach Neto went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to the Astros with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	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	Zach Neto went 0-for-3 in a win over the Rangers with one walk, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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			Zach Neto SS - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37

Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Zach Neto (2026)

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