Who Should I Trade?

Keider Montero for Omar Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Omar Cruz RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 482	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	3.96
WHIP	1.37	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 321	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	100.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	76	‐

Earned Runs	36	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	70	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.22	‐

WHIP	0.97	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	35.9	1.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	1

Earned Runs	18	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	28	1

Walks	11	1

ERA	4.49	3.96

WHIP	1.37	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed four earned runs in five innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Keider Montero for Omar Cruz (2026)

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