Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Omar Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1081	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.25	3.96
WHIP	1.52	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	8.3	1.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	7	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	5.25	3.96

WHIP	1.52	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Omar Cruz has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal presumably includes an invite to spring training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 14th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Omar Cruz (2026)

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