Who Should I Trade?

Jose Azocar for Oneil Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	‐
VBR	# 117	# 1377

Projections

Runs	24	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	22	0
Stolen Bases	9	0
Batting Average	.242	.152

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	17

Runs	45	2

Hits	66	6

Singles	42	4

Doubles	10	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	14	0

RBI	44	0

Stolen Bases	21	1

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	30	1

Strikeouts	98	4

Batting Average	.264	.353

On Base Pct	.350	.389

Slugging Pct	.472	.471

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	5

Runs	24	1

Hits	37	1

Singles	21	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	22	0

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	53	1

Batting Average	.242	.152

On Base Pct	.331	.198

Slugging Pct	.455	.178

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.376

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
News
	The Pirates transferred Oneil Cruz to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jose Azocar was designated for assignment ahead of Thursday's game against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
	Oneil Cruz has resumed swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Braves selected the contract of OF José Azócar from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Oneil Cruz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Braves re-signed OF José Azócar to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he expects Oneil Cruz to be sidelined through the All-Star break in July. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Braves designated José Azócar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Oneil Cruz will be re-evaluated on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Braves selected the contract of OF José Azócar from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT			Jose Azocar LF,CF,RF - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Azocar for Oneil Cruz (2026)

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