Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 161	# 237
VBR	# 562	# 399

Projections

Strikeouts	16	25
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	4.04	3.73
WHIP	1.42	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 306

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	52

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.0	47.1

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	6

Saves	12	2

Blown Saves	6	4

Holds	4	17

Hits Allowed	48	34

Earned Runs	29	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	29	58

Walks	25	30

ERA	6.37	2.85

WHIP	1.78	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	17	15

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	25

Walks	7	10

ERA	4.04	3.73

WHIP	1.42	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	Lucas Erceg allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits over one inning in Friday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 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
	Lucas Erceg allowed two hits without a walk or strikeout while tossing a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that he will play the matchups in the ninth inning for the short term. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st
	Lucas Erceg worked around a walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chase Davis Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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