Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Eric Cerantola (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 18	‐
VBR	# 145	# 1019

Projections

Strikeouts	35	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.88	4.41
WHIP	1.09	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	5.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	4

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	65	7

Walks	11	10

ERA	2.78	10.13

WHIP	1.08	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.5	4.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	4

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	35	5

Walks	8	3

ERA	2.88	4.41

WHIP	1.09	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Eric Cerantola (2026)

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