Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Matt Koperniak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 312	‐
VBR	# 437	‐

Projections

Runs	11	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	8	‐
Batting Average	.241	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 301	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Matt Koperniak LF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	118	‐

Runs	29	‐

Hits	30	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	25	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Batting Average	.254	‐

On Base Pct	.364	‐

Slugging Pct	.475	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.839	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Matt Koperniak LF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	8	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Batting Average	.241	‐

On Base Pct	.319	‐

Slugging Pct	.388	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.706	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Matt Koperniak LF,RF - FA
News
	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 Cardinals have reassigned outfielder Matt Koperniak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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
	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Esteury Ruiz drew three walks and logged a stolen base in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Esteury Ruiz recorded two walks and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA			Matt Koperniak LF,RF - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#348
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Matt Koperniak (2026)

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