Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Joey Cantillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	# 237
VBR	# 293	# 406

Projections

Strikeouts	46	26
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.09	3.82
WHIP	1.38	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 78	# 306

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 120	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	51

Games Started	23	0

Innings Pitched	113.2	46.2

Wins	8	4

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	17

Hits Allowed	111	33

Earned Runs	50	13

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	124	58

Walks	54	29

ERA	3.96	2.51

WHIP	1.45	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	23

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.9	20.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	41	16

Earned Runs	20	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	46	26

Walks	20	10

ERA	4.09	3.82

WHIP	1.38	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over four innings in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Joey Cantillo allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Friday's 11-3 loss to the Rays. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th
	Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Pirates. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 20th
	Joey Cantillo will start on Saturday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out nine over five innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Joey Cantillo (2026)

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