Who Should I Trade?

Omar Cruz for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Omar Cruz RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 560	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	3.96
WHIP	1.36	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.3	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.04	3.96

WHIP	1.36	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Omar Cruz has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal presumably includes an invite to spring training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 14th
	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Omar Cruz for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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