Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Tyler Holton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 311
VBR	# 442	# 431

Projections

Strikeouts	19	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	1
ERA	4.14	3.66
WHIP	1.36	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 236

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	# 416

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	46

Games Started	2	3

Innings Pitched	39.0	49.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	4

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	3	9

Hits Allowed	32	53

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	10	6

Strikeouts	46	38

Walks	17	12

ERA	4.38	3.10

WHIP	1.26	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.7	19.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	17	18

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	16

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.14	3.66

WHIP	1.36	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
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	Tigers left-hander Tyler Holton allowed one earned run across two innings as the opener Friday against the A's. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Tyler Holton will open Friday's game for the Tigers against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Tigers left-hander Tyler Holton allowed one unearned run in an inning of work while recording the save on Monday against the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Tyler Holton will serve as the opener for the Tigers on Monday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Tyler Holton will serve as opener for Sunday’s game against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Tyler Holton (2026)

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