Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Sam Benschoter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 247	‐
VBR	# 397	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.84	3.56
WHIP	1.35	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	54	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	49.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	18	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	60	‐

Walks	30	‐

ERA	2.76	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.0	1.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	14	2

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	23	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.84	3.56

WHIP	1.35	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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			Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#256
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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