Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for William Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	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	# 43	# 367
VBR	# 106	# 1123

Projections

Runs	15	5
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	15	5
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.272	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 47	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 65	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 55	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 438

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	464	126

Runs	63	9

Hits	124	22

Singles	91	13

Doubles	20	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	65	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	48	9

Strikeouts	71	45

Batting Average	.267	.175

On Base Pct	.337	.250

Slugging Pct	.392	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	42

Runs	15	5

Hits	27	10

Singles	19	6

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	15	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	20	13

Batting Average	.272	.228

On Base Pct	.362	.302

Slugging Pct	.425	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
News
	William Contreras went 4-for-4 in a win over the Braves with one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	William Contreras went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the Dodgers with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	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
	William Contreras went 1-for-3 in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over the Pirates with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	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
	William Contreras went 1-for-2 in a win over the Marlins with a walk-off, three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	William Contreras is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL			Jimmy Crooks III C,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Crooks III for William Contreras (2026)

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