Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 146	‐
VBR	# 298	# 735

Projections

Strikeouts	40	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.46
WHIP	1.36	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	108.0	5.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	103	3

Earned Runs	49	1

Home Runs Allowed	14	0

Strikeouts	98	6

Walks	40	1

ERA	4.08	1.69

WHIP	1.32	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.9	13.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	44	12

Earned Runs	22	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	40	14

Walks	16	7

ERA	4.36	4.46

WHIP	1.36	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
News
	Kumar Rocker allowed three earned runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Yovanny Cruz is expected to join the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over 6 2/3 innings in Monday's 7-3 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Yovanny Cruz is being traded to the Washington Nationals in a four-prospect package in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kumar Rocker allowed one hit and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Kumar Rocker allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Kumar Rocker took the loss Sunday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over 4.1 innings. He struck out four. Most of the damage came on a two-run homer by Riley Greene in the fourth inning, and Rocker exited in the fifth after allowing a single. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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