Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Trei Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 147	# 1365

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.274	.160

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 78	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 139	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	328	5

Runs	46	0

Hits	95	0

Singles	57	0

Doubles	21	0

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	59	0

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	65	3

Batting Average	.290	.000

On Base Pct	.331	.000

Slugging Pct	.488	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.819	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	142	9

Runs	20	1

Hits	39	1

Singles	27	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	28	3

Batting Average	.274	.160

On Base Pct	.328	.255

Slugging Pct	.414	.209

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.464

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Tigers optioned Trei Cruz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Tigers are calling up Trei Cruz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Cruz slashed .270/.341/.324 with two stolen bases during Grapefruit League action but has yet to make his major-league debut. The Tigers optioned him to Triple-A Toledo Tuesday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Trei Cruz (2026)

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