Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 289	‐
VBR	# 631	# 727

Projections

Strikeouts	15	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	4.44
WHIP	1.39	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 382	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	4

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	5.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	40	3

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	47	6

Walks	20	1

ERA	2.10	1.69

WHIP	1.00	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	10.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	9

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	15	11

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.42	4.44

WHIP	1.39	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
		Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
		The Yankees are expected to option Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
		The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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