Who Should I Trade?

Oneil Cruz for Spencer Jones (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Spencer Jones CF,RF,DH - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	‐
VBR	# 117	# 1263

Projections

Runs	24	3
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	22	3
Stolen Bases	9	1
Batting Average	.242	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	# 451

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Spencer Jones CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	73

Runs	45	6

Hits	66	17

Singles	42	11

Doubles	10	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	14	2

RBI	44	7

Stolen Bases	21	1

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	30	9

Strikeouts	98	34

Batting Average	.264	.233

On Base Pct	.350	.317

Slugging Pct	.472	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Spencer Jones CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	22

Runs	24	3

Hits	37	5

Singles	21	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	22	3

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	53	9

Batting Average	.242	.220

On Base Pct	.331	.283

Slugging Pct	.455	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT	Spencer Jones CF,RF,DH - NYY
News
	The Pirates transferred Oneil Cruz to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Spencer Jones is expected to be one of the key pieces the Yankees are planning to use as a trade asset ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Oneil Cruz has resumed swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Yankees optioned OF Spencer Jones to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Oneil Cruz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Yankees outfielder Spencer Jones is out of Wednesday's lineup with food poisoning, according to skipper Aaron Boone. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said he expects Oneil Cruz to be sidelined through the All-Star break in July. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Spencer Jones went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 17th
	Oneil Cruz will be re-evaluated on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a win over the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT			Spencer Jones CF,RF,DH - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Oneil Cruz for Spencer Jones (2026)

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