Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Tim Herrin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 254	# 368
VBR	‐	# 587

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.21
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	# 353

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	57

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	47.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	6	4

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	19	15

Hits Allowed	41	34

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	67	43

Walks	32	24

ERA	3.13	3.21

WHIP	1.34	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.21

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
News
	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 Guardians activated LHP Tim Herrin from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Tim Herrin is scheduled to make a rehab outing with Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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 Guardians placed Tim Herrin on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
		Tim Herrin underwent X-rays that came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
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			Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Tim Herrin (2026)

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