Who Should I Trade?

Robbie Ray for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	‐
VBR	# 348	# 748

Projections

Strikeouts	59	12
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.40
WHIP	1.38	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 49	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 67	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	3

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	116.2	4.1

Wins	9	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	1

Earned Runs	41	0

Home Runs Allowed	15	0

Strikeouts	101	6

Walks	56	0

ERA	3.16	0.00

WHIP	1.30	0.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	61.6	11.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	10

Earned Runs	31	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	59	12

Walks	27	6

ERA	4.50	4.40

WHIP	1.38	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
News
	Robbie Ray allowed six hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Robbie Ray allowed three runs (one earned) off seven hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
	Robbie Ray will start on Sunday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Yankees are expected to option Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Robbie Ray allowed one earned run on four hits and six walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Robbie Ray allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Yovanny Cruz to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Robbie Ray SP - SF			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#55	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#63	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#46
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#186
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150	vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Robbie Ray for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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