Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Yohan Ramirez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	# 308
VBR	# 580	# 548

Projections

Strikeouts	20	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.18	4.06
WHIP	1.36	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 354

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	# 242

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Yohan Ramirez RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	42

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	35.0	53.1

Wins	2	6

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	2	6

Hits Allowed	28	41

Earned Runs	18	19

Home Runs Allowed	10	4

Strikeouts	42	59

Walks	16	31

ERA	4.63	3.21

WHIP	1.26	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Yohan Ramirez RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	21.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	22

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.18	4.06

WHIP	1.36	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Yohan Ramirez RP - PIT
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			Yohan Ramirez RP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Cruz for Yohan Ramirez (2026)

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