Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 454	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	3	‐
ERA	4.25	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	39.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.38	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.25	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	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	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	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	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Steven Cruz (2026)

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