Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	‐
VBR	# 399	# 751

Projections

Strikeouts	25	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.73	4.64
WHIP	1.32	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 294

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	47.1	55.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	6	0

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	17	1

Hits Allowed	34	54

Earned Runs	15	28

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	58	43

Walks	30	19

ERA	2.85	4.53

WHIP	1.35	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	14.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	15	15

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	25	12

Walks	10	5

ERA	3.73	4.64

WHIP	1.32	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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
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			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Ryan Watson (2026)

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