Who Should I Trade?

Ryder Ryan for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Ryder Ryan RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 622	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.29	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Ryder Ryan RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	33.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.64	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Ryder Ryan RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.29	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Ryder Ryan RP - LAD
News
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Righthander Ryder Ryan has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th	The Dodgers have signed right-hander Ryder Ryan to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Steven Cruz struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings while allowing no hits or walks in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th
	The Royals recalled Steven Cruz from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Ryder Ryan RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ryder Ryan for Steven Cruz (2026)

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