Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Michael Kopech (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 254	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

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Wins	‐	‐
Saves	‐	‐
ERA	‐	‐
WHIP	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Michael Kopech RP - FA
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	Michael Kopech RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Michael Kopech RP - FA
News
	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	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
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Michael Kopech RP - FA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Michael Kopech (2026)

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