Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Tanner Banks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tanner Banks RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 447	# 869

Projections

Strikeouts	17	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.16	4.27
WHIP	1.40	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 280

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tanner Banks RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	28

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	41.0	29.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	4

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	34	45

Earned Runs	20	23

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	47	32

Walks	17	13

ERA	4.39	7.14

WHIP	1.24	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tanner Banks RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.1	5.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	5

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.16	4.27

WHIP	1.40	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tanner Banks RP - PHI
News
	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Phillies transferred Tanner Banks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Phillies placed LHP Tanner Banks on the 15-day IL with a strained left forearm. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Steven Cruz allowed one run on one hit while striking out one across one frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The Phillies recalled Tanner Banks from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Tanner Banks will be called up from Triple-A before Saturday's game in Kansas City. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Phillies optioned Tanner Banks to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Tanner Banks RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Tanner Banks (2026)

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