Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JoJo Romero RP - MIL	Steven Cruz RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 205	‐
VBR	# 434	# 447

Projections

Strikeouts	15	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	3
ERA	3.68	4.16
WHIP	1.34	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 233	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	# 237

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - MIL	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	39

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	43.0	41.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	20	3

Hits Allowed	40	34

Earned Runs	16	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	11

Strikeouts	43	47

Walks	16	17

ERA	3.35	4.39

WHIP	1.30	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JoJo Romero RP - MIL	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.6	17.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	14	15

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	17

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.68	4.16

WHIP	1.34	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - MIL	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	The Brewers acquiring RHP Dustin May and LH reliever Jo Jo Romero from Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	JoJo Romero played catch on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	JoJo Romero does not have a timetable to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Steven Cruz allowed one run on one hit while striking out one across one frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	JoJo Romero worked around a hit and a walk without allowing an earned run in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Atlanta. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JoJo Romero RP - MIL			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Steven Cruz (2026)

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