Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 621	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	3.77
WHIP	1.38	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.1	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	21	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.29	3.77

WHIP	1.38	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
News
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	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
	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			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Will Johnston (2026)

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