Jose Franco or Lucas Erceg

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Jose Franco or Lucas Erceg Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	20.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	53	19

Earned Runs	30	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	31	15

Walks	29	16

ERA	6.23	4.43

WHIP	1.89	1.72

Jose Franco or Lucas Erceg Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	61	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	62.3	14.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	16	1

Hits Allowed	56	14

Earned Runs	27	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	60	14

Walks	23	6

ERA	3.88	4.77

WHIP	1.27	1.40

Jose Franco or Lucas Erceg Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Royals optioned Lucas Erceg to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Lucas Erceg allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits over one inning in Friday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Lucas Erceg allowed two hits without a walk or strikeout while tossing a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that he will play the matchups in the ninth inning for the short term. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
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Jose Franco or Lucas Erceg Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117