Who Should I Trade?

Trei Cruz for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 326	‐
VBR	# 519	# 1306

Projections

Runs	17	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.231	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 288	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	230	5

Runs	21	0

Hits	45	0

Singles	32	0

Doubles	7	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	19	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	26	0

Strikeouts	46	3

Batting Average	.196	.000

On Base Pct	.275	.000

Slugging Pct	.296	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.571	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	137	18

Runs	17	2

Hits	32	4

Singles	21	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	32	5

Batting Average	.231	.207

On Base Pct	.302	.284

Slugging Pct	.360	.283

On-base Plus Slugging	.662	.567

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Tigers optioned Trei Cruz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Tigers are calling up Trei Cruz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	Cruz slashed .270/.341/.324 with two stolen bases during Grapefruit League action but has yet to make his major-league debut. The Tigers optioned him to Triple-A Toledo Tuesday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Trei Cruz for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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