Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Eric Cerantola (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 175	‐
VBR	# 553	# 1025

Projections

Strikeouts	17	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.95	4.51
WHIP	1.32	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 205	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.0	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	43	4

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	35	7

Walks	16	10

ERA	3.40	10.13

WHIP	1.31	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	3.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	17	4

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.95	4.51

WHIP	1.32	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Bryan King tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 4-2 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Bryan King struck out one batter while tossing 1 2/3 scoreless frames to earn the save in Friday's 2-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, May 16th	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan King RP - HOU			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Eric Cerantola (2026)

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