Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 576	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.35
WHIP	1.36	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	34.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	3

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	3

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.17	4.35

WHIP	1.36	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
News
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Steven Cruz struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings while allowing no hits or walks in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	The Royals recalled Steven Cruz from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Steven Cruz (2026)

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