Who Should I Trade?

Hector Rodriguez for Oneil Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	‐
VBR	# 118	# 1301

Projections

Runs	18	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	17	1
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.242	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	‐

Runs	45	‐

Hits	66	‐

Singles	42	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	44	‐

Stolen Bases	21	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	30	‐

Strikeouts	98	‐

Batting Average	.264	‐

On Base Pct	.350	‐

Slugging Pct	.472	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	118	11

Runs	18	1

Hits	28	2

Singles	16	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	17	1

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	41	2

Batting Average	.242	.217

On Base Pct	.332	.260

Slugging Pct	.451	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.565

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
News
	Oneil Cruz has been cleared for all baseball activities. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Reds recalled Hector Rodriguez from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Oneil Cruz remains hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early August. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Reds president of baseball operation Nick Krall told reporters Héctor Rodríguez will be called up for Tuesday’s series opener against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Oneil Cruz is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early August. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Rodriguez hit 2-for-13 with one stolen base across nine Cactus League games this spring. Cincinnati optioned him to minor-league camp on Friday. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	The Pirates transferred Oneil Cruz to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Oneil Cruz has resumed swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT			Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Hector Rodriguez for Oneil Cruz (2026)

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