Who Should I Trade?

Kahlil Watson for Trei Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1232	# 1317

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.220	.187

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 349	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	5

Runs	6	0

Hits	21	0

Singles	14	0

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	0

Strikeouts	32	3

Batting Average	.239	.000

On Base Pct	.264	.000

Slugging Pct	.341	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.605	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	20	6

Runs	3	1

Hits	4	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	7	2

Batting Average	.220	.187

On Base Pct	.288	.296

Slugging Pct	.384	.238

On-base Plus Slugging	.672	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Kahlil Watson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 22nd	The Tigers optioned Trei Cruz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Kahlil Watson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with an RBI, a stolen base, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th	The Tigers are calling up Trei Cruz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-3 in a 6-5 loss to the Twins on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th	Cruz slashed .270/.341/.324 with two stolen bases during Grapefruit League action but has yet to make his major-league debut. The Tigers optioned him to Triple-A Toledo Tuesday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Kahlil Watson went 1-for-5 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with two stolen bases and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with two stolen bases and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE			Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Kahlil Watson for Trei Cruz (2026)

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