Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for Leo Bernal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 371	‐
VBR	‐	# 224

Projections

Runs	‐	3
Home Runs	‐	1
RBI	‐	3
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.270

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 438	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	Leo Bernal C - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	134	65

Runs	10	8

Hits	24	21

Singles	13	15

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	14	15

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	9	4

Strikeouts	48	13

Batting Average	.179	.323

On Base Pct	.255	.362

Slugging Pct	.336	.508

On-base Plus Slugging	.591	.870

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	Leo Bernal C - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	24

Runs	‐	3

Hits	‐	6

Singles	‐	4

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	3

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	6

Batting Average	‐	.270

On Base Pct	‐	.326

Slugging Pct	‐	.449

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.775

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL	Leo Bernal C - STL
News
	The Cardinals optioned C Jimmy Crooks to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Leo Bernal went 3-for-4 in the loss to the Nationals with one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Sep 19th
	Jimmy Crooks III went 1-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th	Leo Bernal went 3-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Sep 15th
	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	Leo Bernal went 1-for-5 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Sep 13th
	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	Leo Bernal went 3-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Sep 12th
	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	Leo Bernal went 1-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Sep 10th
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			Leo Bernal C - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#13	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#77	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#102	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#155	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#155
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#158	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#158
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#16
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#285	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#285
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#287	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#287
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#167	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#167
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#152	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#70	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#95	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#99	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#99
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#143	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#143
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#289	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#289
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#197	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#197
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#244	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#244
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#225	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#225
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#296	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#296
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#211	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#211
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#366	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#366
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#4
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#143	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#143
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#192	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#159	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#159
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#147	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#137	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#79
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#221	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#164	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#187	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#114	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#114
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#17	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#194	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#194
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#259	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#259
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#31	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#187	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#187
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#116	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#236	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#374	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#374
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#359	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#359
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#161	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#53	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#53
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#31	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#31
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#196	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#196
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#62
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#88	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#219	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#219
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#374	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#374
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#369	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#369
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#19
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#256	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#256
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#146	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#146
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#318	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#318
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#256	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#256
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#206	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#206
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#142	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#142
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#198	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#198
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (2-0)	#356	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (2-0)	#356
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#4
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for Leo Bernal (2026)

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