Who Should I Trade?

Omar Cruz for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	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	# 946	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	3.96
WHIP	1.36	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 482	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.31	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.2	1.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	1

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	4	1

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.53	3.96

WHIP	1.36	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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 Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Omar Cruz for Zack Kelly (2026)

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