Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Michael Grove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 232	‐
VBR	# 367	# 503

Projections

Strikeouts	31	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.78	4.19
WHIP	1.32	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	3.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	16	0

Hits Allowed	29	1

Earned Runs	11	0

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	55	4

Walks	24	0

ERA	2.32	0.00

WHIP	1.24	0.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.5	20.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	31	21

Walks	11	7

ERA	3.78	4.19

WHIP	1.32	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Michael Grove RP - TB
News
	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	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
		The Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
		The Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
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			Michael Grove RP - TB
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Michael Grove (2026)

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