Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Cruz for Willson Contreras (2024)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willson Contreras C,DH - STL	Nelson Cruz DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 12 of 12 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 12 experts
Rankings

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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	-	RET

Expert Ranks

Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire	# 124	‐

Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports	# 90	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Mike Maher FantasyPros	# 235	‐

Tim Kanak Fantasy Aceball	# 85	‐

Pierre Camus Fantasy Endgame	# 182	‐

Joe Pisapia FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Kev Mahserejian RotoBaller	# 90	‐

Chase Davis FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willson Contreras C,DH - STL	Nelson Cruz DH - FA
2024 Stats


At Bats	301	‐

Runs	48	‐

Hits	79	‐

Singles	47	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	36	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	45	‐

Strikeouts	96	‐

Batting Average	.263	‐

On Base Pct	.380	‐

Slugging Pct	.468	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.848	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willson Contreras C,DH - STL	Nelson Cruz DH - FA
2024 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willson Contreras C,DH - STL	Nelson Cruz DH - FA
News
	The Cardinals are expected to move Willson Contreras to first base and designated hitter. Ari Koslow Thu, Nov 7th	Nelson Cruz signed a 1-day contract to retire with the Seattle Mariners. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 29th
	Willson Contreras is at least two weeks away from resuming baseball activities as his fractured finger continues to heal. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 17th
	Willson Contreras has been shut down from baseball activities using his broken finger for three weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 27th
	The Cardinals have placed Willson Contreras on the 10-day IL with a fractured middle finger. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 25th
	Willson Contreras suffered a fractured right middle finger in Saturday's game against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Willson Contreras C,DH - STL			Nelson Cruz DH - FA
Thu, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (9-6)
Fri, Mar 29th	@ LAD	Bobby Miller (2-4)	#189
Sat, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-2)	#2
Sun, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Gavin Stone (11-5)
Mon, Apr 1st	@ SD	Matt Waldron (7-11)	#202
Tue, Apr 2nd	@ SD	Yu Darvish (7-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 3rd	@ SD	Joe Musgrove (6-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Weathers (5-6)	#154
Sat, Apr 6th	vs MIA	Trevor Rogers (2-11)
Sun, Apr 7th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (3-5)	#237
Mon, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Spencer Turnbull (3-0)
Tue, Apr 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (16-7)	#3
Wed, Apr 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (14-8)	#16
Fri, Apr 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (11-10)	#36
Sat, Apr 13th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 14th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (14-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 15th	@ OAK	Ross Stripling (2-11)	#101
Tue, Apr 16th	@ OAK	JP Sears (11-13)	#96
Wed, Apr 17th	@ OAK	Paul Blackburn (5-4)
Fri, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 20th	vs MIL	DL Hall (1-2)	#148
Sun, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Colin Rea (12-6)	#165
Mon, Apr 22nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (11-10)	#36
Tue, Apr 23rd	vs ARI	Tommy Henry (2-3)
Wed, Apr 24th	vs ARI	Jordan Montgomery (8-7)	#160
Fri, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Jose Butto (7-3)	#157
Sat, Apr 27th	@ NYM	Adrian Houser (1-5)
Sun, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Jose Quintana (10-10)	#168
Tue, Apr 30th	@ DET	Matt Manning (0-1)
Wed, May 1st	@ DET	Kenta Maeda (3-7)	#180
Fri, May 3rd	vs CWS	Brad Keller (0-4)
Sat, May 4th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (9-9)	#71
Sun, May 5th	vs CWS	Garrett Crochet (6-12)	#19
Mon, May 6th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (12-6)	#61
Tue, May 7th	vs NYM	Jose Butto (7-3)	#157
Thu, May 9th	@ MIL	Tobias Myers (9-6)	#98
Fri, May 10th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-0)
Sat, May 11th	@ MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-9)	#21
Sun, May 12th	@ MIL	Bryse Wilson (5-4)	#225
Mon, May 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-7)
Tue, May 14th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-9)	#85
Wed, May 15th	@ LAA	Griffin Canning (6-13)	#167
Fri, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (14-8)	#91
Sat, May 18th	vs BOS	Kutter Crawford (9-16)	#87
Sun, May 19th	vs BOS	Nick Pivetta (6-12)	#53
Mon, May 20th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (8-10)	#63
Wed, May 22nd	vs BAL	John Means (2-0)
Sat, May 25th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (12-8)	#76
Sun, May 26th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (7-6)	#147
Mon, May 27th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (9-6)
Tue, May 28th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (10-10)
Wed, May 29th	@ CIN	Frankie Montas (7-11)	#69
Fri, May 31st	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (14-8)	#16
Sat, Jun 1st	@ PHI	Ranger Suarez (12-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (3-7)	#252
Mon, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Justin Verlander (5-6)	#93
Tue, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-13)	#162
Wed, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (13-6)	#99
Thu, Jun 6th	vs COL	Cal Quantrill (8-11)	#321
Fri, Jun 7th	vs COL	Austin Gomber (5-12)	#316
Sat, Jun 8th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-10)	#302
Sun, Jun 9th	vs COL	Ty Blach (3-8)	#299
Tue, Jun 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (11-3)	#15
Wed, Jun 12th	vs PIT	Bailey Falter (8-9)	#141
Thu, Jun 13th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (11-12)	#72
Fri, Jun 14th	@ CHC	Jordan Wicks (2-4)
Sat, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (15-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (12-8)	#76
Mon, Jun 17th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (2-2)
Tue, Jun 18th	@ MIA	Roddery Munoz (2-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Yonny Chirinos (0-2)
Thu, Jun 20th	vs SF	Keaton Winn (3-8)
Sat, Jun 22nd	vs SF	Jordan Hicks (4-7)
Sun, Jun 23rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (13-10)	#17
Mon, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Spencer Schwellenbach (8-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (2-5)	#223
Thu, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (10-10)
Fri, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Frankie Montas (7-11)	#69
Sat, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Carson Spiers (5-7)	#317
Sun, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (9-5)	#50
Tue, Jul 2nd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (11-12)	#72
Wed, Jul 3rd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (6-8)	#77
Thu, Jul 4th	@ PIT	Martin Perez (5-6)	#172
Fri, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Patrick Corbin (6-13)	#297
Sat, Jul 6th	@ WSH	MacKenzie Gore (10-12)	#67
Sun, Jul 7th	@ WSH	DJ Herz (4-9)	#149
Mon, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Mitchell Parker (7-10)	#134
Wed, Jul 10th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (13-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Kyle Hendricks (4-12)	#161
Sat, Jul 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (7-6)	#147
Sun, Jul 14th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (12-8)	#76
Sat, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (2-5)	#223
Sun, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Spencer Schwellenbach (8-7)	#95
Mon, Jul 22nd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (11-12)	#72
Tue, Jul 23rd	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (11-3)	#15
Wed, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Martin Perez (5-6)	#172
Fri, Jul 26th	vs WSH	MacKenzie Gore (10-12)	#67
Sat, Jul 27th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (10-14)	#128
Sun, Jul 28th	vs WSH	DJ Herz (4-9)	#149
Mon, Jul 29th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (12-8)	#43
Tue, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Max Scherzer (2-4)
Wed, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Andrew Heaney (5-14)	#86
Thu, Aug 1st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (15-3)	#29
Fri, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Javier Assad (7-6)	#147
Sat, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (12-8)	#76
Sun, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Justin Steele (5-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (12-6)	#61
Tue, Aug 6th	vs TB	Jeffrey Springs (2-2)
Wed, Aug 7th	vs TB	Taj Bradley (8-11)	#49
Thu, Aug 8th	vs TB	Shane Baz (4-3)	#78
Fri, Aug 9th	@ KC	Michael Lorenzen (7-6)	#218
Sat, Aug 10th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (13-8)	#52
Mon, Aug 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (10-10)
Tue, Aug 13th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (9-5)	#50
Wed, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Emilio Pagan
Fri, Aug 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (1-2)	#256
Sat, Aug 17th	vs LAD	Bobby Miller (2-4)	#189
Sun, Aug 18th	vs LAD	Clayton Kershaw (2-2)	#97
Tue, Aug 20th	vs MIL	Frankie Montas (7-11)	#69
Wed, Aug 21st	vs MIL	Tobias Myers (9-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 22nd	vs MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-9)	#21
Fri, Aug 23rd	@ MIN	David Festa (2-6)	#94
Sat, Aug 24th	@ MIN	Pablo Lopez (15-10)	#26
Sun, Aug 25th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-4)	#114
Mon, Aug 26th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (4-7)	#215
Tue, Aug 27th	vs SD	Dylan Cease (14-11)	#7
Wed, Aug 28th	vs SD	Joe Musgrove (6-5)	#24
Thu, Aug 29th	vs SD	Michael King (13-9)	#10
Fri, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Marcus Stroman (10-9)	#118
Sat, Aug 31st	@ NYY	Will Warren (0-3)	#131
Sun, Sep 1st	@ NYY	Nestor Cortes Jr. (9-10)
Mon, Sep 2nd	@ MIL	Freddy Peralta (11-9)	#21
Tue, Sep 3rd	@ MIL	Aaron Civale (8-9)	#82
Wed, Sep 4th	@ MIL	Colin Rea (12-6)	#165
Fri, Sep 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (12-8)	#58
Sat, Sep 7th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-12)	#11
Sun, Sep 8th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (11-12)	#121
Tue, Sep 10th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (2-2)	#286
Wed, Sep 11th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (0-0)
Thu, Sep 12th	vs CIN	Jakob Junis (4-0)	#133
Fri, Sep 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (14-11)	#30
Sat, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Berrios (16-11)	#70
Sun, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Yariel Rodriguez (1-8)	#104
Mon, Sep 16th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (11-3)	#15
Tue, Sep 17th	vs PIT	Bailey Falter (8-9)	#141
Wed, Sep 18th	vs PIT	Jake Woodford (0-6)
Thu, Sep 19th	vs PIT	Luis L. Ortiz (7-6)	#206
Fri, Sep 20th	vs CLE	Ben Lively (13-10)	#159
Sat, Sep 21st	vs CLE	Matthew Boyd (2-2)	#51
Sun, Sep 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (3-10)	#59
Tue, Sep 24th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-10)	#302
Wed, Sep 25th	@ COL	Austin Gomber (5-12)	#316
Thu, Sep 26th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (5-8)	#319
Fri, Sep 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (1-2)	#65
Sat, Sep 28th	@ SF	Tristan Beck
Sun, Sep 29th	@ SF	Hayden Birdsong (5-6)	#201

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Cruz for Willson Contreras (2024)

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