Who Should I Trade?

J.C. Escarra for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 1123	# 1332

Projections

Runs	5	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	5	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.228	.096

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 324	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 438	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	126	85

Runs	9	8

Hits	22	16

Singles	13	10

Doubles	5	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	6

Strikeouts	45	18

Batting Average	.175	.188

On Base Pct	.250	.239

Slugging Pct	.310	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.560	.510

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	42	3

Runs	5	0

Hits	10	0

Singles	6	0

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	0

Strikeouts	13	0

Batting Average	.228	.096

On Base Pct	.302	.151

Slugging Pct	.365	.127

On-base Plus Slugging	.667	.278

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
News
	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	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	The Cardinals recalled Jimmy Crooks III from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	J.C. Escarra went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 13-4 win over the Royals with a double, a triple, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL			J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF

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J.C. Escarra for Jimmy Crooks III (2026)

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