Who Should I Trade?

River Ryan for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	River Ryan SP - DET	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 907	# 727

Projections

Strikeouts	5	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.44
WHIP	1.36	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 374	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	River Ryan SP - DET	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	5.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	1.69

WHIP	‐	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	River Ryan SP - DET	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	14

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	10.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	9

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	5	11

Walks	2	5

ERA	3.98	4.44

WHIP	1.36	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	River Ryan SP - DET	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
News
	The Tigers optioned River Ryan to Triple-A Toledo and placed him on the injured list recovering from a hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Yovanny Cruz is expected to join the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Dodgers have traded right-hander River Ryan to the Tigers as part of a four-player deal in exchange for superstar left-hander Tarik Skubal. Brenton Kemp Sun, Aug 2nd	Yovanny Cruz is being traded to the Washington Nationals in a four-prospect package in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
	Dodgers’ pitching prospect River Ryan is being placed on the Triple-A injured list due to a hamstring issue. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said River Ryan is a possible replacement for Blake Snell in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	River Ryan is scheduled to start his first game since April 11th on Friday for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	River Ryan SP - DET			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

River Ryan for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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