Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for Omar Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Omar Cruz RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 742	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	3.96
WHIP	1.40	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.80	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.4	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.26	3.96

WHIP	1.40	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	The Pirates optioned RHP Hunter Stratton to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Omar Cruz has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal presumably includes an invite to spring training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 14th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Braves acquired C Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Hunter Stratton. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Hunter Stratton was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday morning. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 3rd
	The Braves recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for Omar Cruz (2026)

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