Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Justin Topa (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Justin Topa RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	0.00	3.59
WHIP	0.96	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	23

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	19.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	2

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	4

Hits Allowed	‐	27

Earned Runs	‐	17

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	8.05

WHIP	‐	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.5	13.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	1	14

Earned Runs	0	6

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	11

Walks	0	5

ERA	0.00	3.59

WHIP	0.96	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL	Justin Topa RP - KC
News
	The Orioles reassigned RHP Hans Crouse to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Hans Crouse has signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Orioles signed RHP Hans Crouse to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th
		Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hans Crouse RP - BAL			Justin Topa RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Justin Topa (2026)

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