Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 312	# 296
VBR	# 442	# 720

Projections

Runs	10	12
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	8	11
Stolen Bases	7	2
Batting Average	.241	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	# 234

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	# 307

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	123	288

Runs	30	37

Hits	32	67

Singles	17	48

Doubles	9	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	9

RBI	10	35

Stolen Bases	27	6

Caught Stealing	3	4

Walks	16	17

Strikeouts	44	63

Batting Average	.260	.233

On Base Pct	.374	.280

Slugging Pct	.472	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.846	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	95

Runs	10	12

Hits	16	23

Singles	10	17

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	8	11

Stolen Bases	7	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	6	6

Strikeouts	19	19

Batting Average	.241	.246

On Base Pct	.319	.295

Slugging Pct	.391	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
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	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Yankees with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
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			Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Nathan Church (2026)

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