Who Should I Trade?

Felix Bautista for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 254	‐
VBR	‐	# 579

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.22
WHIP	‐	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	54.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	6	‐

Holds	19	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	3.13	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	3.22

WHIP	‐	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Felix Bautista told reporters his first rehab outing will be Sunday for Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Orioles say Felix Bautista will begin a rehab assignment in the next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	Felix Bautista threw live batting practice on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
		Orioles GM Mike Elias said Felix Bautista will throw live batting practice next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
		Orioles GM Mike Elias said that Félix Bautista is “throwing really, really well..." Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Felix Bautista RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#265
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Felix Bautista for Fernando Cruz (2026)

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