Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Oneil Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 63	‐
VBR	# 116	# 396

Projections

Runs	21	17
Home Runs	7	5
RBI	20	17
Stolen Bases	9	1
Batting Average	.242	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	159

Runs	45	18

Hits	66	40

Singles	42	25

Doubles	10	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	14	7

RBI	44	19

Stolen Bases	21	1

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	30	13

Strikeouts	98	36

Batting Average	.264	.252

On Base Pct	.350	.326

Slugging Pct	.472	.434

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.760

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	128

Runs	21	17

Hits	33	30

Singles	19	18

Doubles	6	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	20	17

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	17	12

Strikeouts	48	34

Batting Average	.242	.235

On Base Pct	.332	.309

Slugging Pct	.453	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	Oneil Cruz is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early August. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Pirates transferred Oneil Cruz to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	Oneil Cruz has resumed swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Oneil Cruz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he expects Oneil Cruz to be sidelined through the All-Star break in July. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Oneil Cruz (2026)

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