Who Should I Trade?

Martin Perez for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	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	# 167	‐
VBR	# 555	# 572

Projections

Strikeouts	31	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.65	4.35
WHIP	1.44	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	# 141

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 136	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 359	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 131	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	5

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	97.1	5.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	75	5

Earned Runs	35	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	75	7

Walks	39	2

ERA	3.24	3.18

WHIP	1.17	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	18

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	14.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	41	12

Earned Runs	21	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	31	14

Walks	15	7

ERA	4.65	4.35

WHIP	1.44	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
News
	Martin Perez allowed just one hit and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 5-0 win against the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd	Yovanny Cruz is expected to join the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Martin Perez will start on Saturday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Martin Perez allowed three runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four in Monday's 14-3 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Martin Perez allowed only one hit and four walks while striking out three over four shutout innings in Wednesday's 7-6 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Braves activated Martin Perez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Martin Perez SP - ATL			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Tue, Jun 16th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Martin Perez for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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