Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 577	# 893

Projections

Strikeouts	21	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.04
WHIP	1.36	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	36.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.75	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	5.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	5

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	6

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.17	4.04

WHIP	1.36	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
News
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	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
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	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
	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Steven Cruz (2026)

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