Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 244	# 367
VBR	# 338	# 1123

Projections

Runs	9	5
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 438

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	325	126

Runs	33	9

Hits	80	22

Singles	51	13

Doubles	17	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	43	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	9

Strikeouts	100	45

Batting Average	.246	.175

On Base Pct	.329	.250

Slugging Pct	.409	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	42

Runs	9	5

Hits	18	10

Singles	11	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	4

Strikeouts	25	13

Batting Average	.230	.228

On Base Pct	.315	.302

Slugging Pct	.387	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	The Cardinals recalled Jimmy Crooks III from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN			Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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