Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Abreu for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 161	# 175
VBR	# 502	# 409

Projections

Strikeouts	20	28
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	1
ERA	4.13	3.46
WHIP	1.43	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	# 154

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	# 155

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 184	# 193

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 317

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	37

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.1	34.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	12	6

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	42	27

Earned Runs	23	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	27	43

Walks	23	27

ERA	5.40	5.29

WHIP	1.70	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	22.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	6

Hits Allowed	22	17

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	28

Walks	10	11

ERA	4.13	3.46

WHIP	1.43	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Bryan Abreu RP - HOU
News
	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	Bryan Abreu was reinstated from the restricted list ahead of Thursday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 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	The Astros placed Bryan Abreu on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Bryan Abreu struck out three batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Astros right-hander Bryan Abreu will begin the season as the Astros closer. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 13th
	Lucas Erceg worked around a walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chase Davis Mon, May 18th	Bryan Abreu and the Houston Astros have avoided arbitration. The righthander will make $5.85 million in 2026 with an additional $50K if he makes the All-Star Game. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Bryan Abreu RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Abreu for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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