Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Juan Soto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 20	# 312
VBR	# 90	# 442

Projections

Runs	20	10
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	19	8
Stolen Bases	3	7
Batting Average	.279	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 278

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	123

Runs	46	30

Hits	83	32

Singles	52	17

Doubles	8	9

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	21	5

RBI	52	10

Stolen Bases	7	27

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	63	16

Strikeouts	48	44

Batting Average	.283	.260

On Base Pct	.408	.374

Slugging Pct	.539	.472

On-base Plus Slugging	.947	.846

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	66

Runs	20	10

Hits	28	16

Singles	16	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	19	8

Stolen Bases	3	7

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	23	6

Strikeouts	21	19

Batting Average	.279	.241

On Base Pct	.421	.319

Slugging Pct	.541	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.962	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
News
	Juan Soto told reporters he does expect to play again this season. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Esteury Ruiz went 0-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Mets interim manager Andy Green said Juan Soto has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 calf strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Juan Soto is estimated to miss four to six weeks with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Juan Soto was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 7-2 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Juan Soto will undergo an MRI on Saturday on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM			Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Juan Soto (2026)

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