Who Should I Trade?

Omar Cruz for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	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	# 871	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.76	3.96
WHIP	1.51	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	9.90	‐

WHIP	2.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	13.5	1.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.76	3.96

WHIP	1.51	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 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
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Omar Cruz for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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