Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Justin Dean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 312	‐
VBR	# 442	# 1342

Projections

Runs	10	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	1
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.241	.164

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	123	8

Runs	30	3

Hits	32	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	9	0

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	10	3

Stolen Bases	27	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	44	4

Batting Average	.260	.375

On Base Pct	.374	.500

Slugging Pct	.472	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.846	1.125

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	7

Runs	10	1

Hits	16	1

Singles	10	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	1

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	19	3

Batting Average	.241	.164

On Base Pct	.319	.257

Slugging Pct	.391	.197

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.454

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	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	The Cubs optioned Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	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	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Justin Dean (2026)

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