Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	‐
VBR	# 257	# 714

Projections

Strikeouts	48	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.40
WHIP	1.31	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 168	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	99.2	5.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	106	3

Earned Runs	56	1

Home Runs Allowed	16	0

Strikeouts	86	6

Walks	32	1

ERA	5.06	1.69

WHIP	1.38	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	55.2	13.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	53	12

Earned Runs	26	7

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	48	14

Walks	17	7

ERA	4.30	4.40

WHIP	1.31	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
News
	Luis Castillo will make his White Sox debut in Thursday’s series finale against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Yovanny Cruz is expected to join the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Luis Castillo will make his White Sox debut in Boston this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	The Chicago White Sox are acquiring right-hander Luis Castillo in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for reliever Seranthony Dominguez, outfielder Nolan Jones and catching prospect Boston Smith. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Luis Castillo allowed five runs on 11 hits over five innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Luis Castillo will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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