Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Oneil Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jacob Young CF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 63	# 220
VBR	# 118	# 244

Projections

Runs	21	19
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	19	15
Stolen Bases	8	8
Batting Average	.243	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 66	# 216

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 223

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	# 204

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	# 233

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	293

Runs	45	39

Hits	66	69

Singles	42	45

Doubles	10	13

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	14	9

RBI	44	35

Stolen Bases	21	13

Caught Stealing	4	3

Walks	30	17

Strikeouts	98	57

Batting Average	.264	.236

On Base Pct	.350	.289

Slugging Pct	.472	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	153

Runs	21	19

Hits	32	38

Singles	18	28

Doubles	6	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	19	15

Stolen Bases	8	8

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	16	11

Strikeouts	46	32

Batting Average	.243	.247

On Base Pct	.332	.305

Slugging Pct	.458	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.653

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jacob Young CF - WSH
News
	Oneil Cruz is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early August. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jacob Young went 2-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th
	The Pirates transferred Oneil Cruz to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jacob Young went 3-for-4 in Monday's 7-3 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st
	Oneil Cruz has resumed swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a walk and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Oneil Cruz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he expects Oneil Cruz to be sidelined through the All-Star break in July. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
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			Jacob Young CF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Oneil Cruz (2026)

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