Lucas Erceg or Steven Matz

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Lucas Erceg or Steven Matz Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	26

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	43.1	67.2

Wins	4	5

Losses	4	4

Saves	12	1

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	53	64

Earned Runs	30	45

Home Runs Allowed	5	14

Strikeouts	31	50

Walks	29	21

ERA	6.23	5.99

WHIP	1.89	1.26

Lucas Erceg or Steven Matz Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	61	34

Games Started	0	19

Innings Pitched	62.3	118.2

Wins	4	6

Losses	4	7

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	16	2

Hits Allowed	56	119

Earned Runs	27	55

Home Runs Allowed	6	16

Strikeouts	60	100

Walks	23	33

ERA	3.88	4.22

WHIP	1.27	1.28

Lucas Erceg or Steven Matz Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	The Royals optioned Lucas Erceg to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
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Lucas Erceg or Steven Matz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL