Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Hernandez for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 742	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	3.70
WHIP	1.38	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 388	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.8	3.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	3

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.44	3.70

WHIP	1.38	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
News
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd
	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th
	Royals right-hander Nick Mears (shoulder) is continuing his throwing progression and could be throwing bullpens by the end of the week. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Hernandez for Nick Mears (2026)

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