Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Gaddis for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 229	# 325
VBR	# 364	# 486

Projections

Strikeouts	10	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.15	3.94
WHIP	1.37	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 143	# 259

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	# 383

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	53

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	51.2	45.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	5	27

Hits Allowed	46	42

Earned Runs	25	16

Home Runs Allowed	12	5

Strikeouts	56	44

Walks	19	19

ERA	4.35	3.18

WHIP	1.26	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	10.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	9	10

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	10

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.15	3.94

WHIP	1.37	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE
News
	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	Hunter Gaddis struck out two while allowing one hit on 16 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, May 22nd
	Steven Cruz struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 7-6 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	The Guardians activated RHP Hunter Gaddis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	Guardians right-hander Hunter Gaddis (forearm) is with the team for their road trip and could be activated at some point during the trip. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Hunter Gaddis made a rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Guardians have placed right-hander Hunter Gaddis on the 15-day injured list due to a right forearm strain. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Hunter Gaddis RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Gaddis for Steven Cruz (2026)

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