Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Steven Cruz RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 545	# 621

Projections

Strikeouts	25	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.21	4.29
WHIP	1.42	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	# 237

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 233	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	31

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	33.2	33.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	32	27

Earned Runs	16	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	38	41

Walks	11	16

ERA	4.28	4.64

WHIP	1.28	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.8	21.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	22	19

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	25	21

Walks	9	9

ERA	4.21	4.29

WHIP	1.42	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Mark Leiter Jr. allowed two hits and struck out one over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Atlanta. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 1st	Steven Cruz struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings while allowing no hits or walks in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th
		The Royals recalled Steven Cruz from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Steven Cruz (2026)

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