Who Should I Trade?

Ivan Herrera for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 368
VBR	# 132	# 1165

Projections

Runs	14	5
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	5
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.267	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 118	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 89	# 438

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	499	129

Runs	82	9

Hits	123	22

Singles	86	13

Doubles	22	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	4

RBI	53	12

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	65	9

Strikeouts	109	47

Batting Average	.247	.171

On Base Pct	.361	.245

Slugging Pct	.379	.302

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.547

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	38

Runs	14	5

Hits	25	8

Singles	17	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	21	12

Batting Average	.267	.224

On Base Pct	.366	.304

Slugging Pct	.415	.362

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
News
	Ivan Herrera went 3-for-4 with a run scored, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th
	Ivan Herrera went 1-for-6 in the doubleheader against the Reds with a home run, four walks, two runs scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-1 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th
	Ivan Herrera went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Rockies with two doubles, two runs scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-1 in a win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Ivan Herrera went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-4 in Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Mets with a home run, one run scored and two RBI while striking out once. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
	Ivan Herrera went 0-for-3 in a win over the Yankees with a run scored, two walks, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	The Cardinals recalled Jimmy Crooks III from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL			Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ivan Herrera for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

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