Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joey Estes SP - ATH	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1020	# 727

Projections

Strikeouts	12	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.54	4.44
WHIP	1.45	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Estes SP - ATH	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	4

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	4.1	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	3

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	4	6

Walks	1	1

ERA	8.31	1.69

WHIP	1.38	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Estes SP - ATH	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	16.3	10.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	9

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	12	11

Walks	5	5

ERA	5.54	4.44

WHIP	1.45	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Estes SP - ATH	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
News
	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Joey Estes allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th	The Yankees are expected to option Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Estes made just three appearances for the A's in 2025, spending most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he posted a 5.51 ERA across 80 innings. He eventually landed on the injured list with a herniated disc in his lower back to close out the year. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Estes SP - ATH			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

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Joey Estes for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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