Who Should I Trade?

Matt Brash for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 261	‐
VBR	# 476	# 482

Projections

Strikeouts	16	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	3.25	4.21
WHIP	1.31	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 303	# 237

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	37

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	16.2	39.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	6	3

Hits Allowed	8	32

Earned Runs	1	19

Home Runs Allowed	0	10

Strikeouts	15	46

Walks	6	17

ERA	0.54	4.38

WHIP	0.84	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.2	18.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	12	17

Earned Runs	5	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	16	19

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.25	4.21

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Brash RP - SEA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	Matt Brash has started a throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Matt Brash will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	The Mariners expect Matt Brash to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Steven Cruz allowed one run on one hit while striking out one across one frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Mariners placed RHP Matt Brash on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	The Mariners activated Matt Brash from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Brash RP - SEA			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Brash for Steven Cruz (2026)

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