Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 368
VBR	# 193	# 1123

Projections

Runs	11	5
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	15	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 438

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	472	127

Runs	46	9

Hits	105	22

Singles	68	13

Doubles	19	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	4

RBI	59	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	9

Strikeouts	100	46

Batting Average	.223	.173

On Base Pct	.268	.248

Slugging Pct	.375	.307

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.555

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	42

Runs	11	5

Hits	25	10

Singles	15	6

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	15	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	4

Strikeouts	22	13

Batting Average	.246	.228

On Base Pct	.298	.302

Slugging Pct	.430	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
News
	Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 in an 11-7 win over the Tigers with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Cardinals recalled Jimmy Crooks III from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for Salvador Perez (2026)

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