Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Justin Topa (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 731	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.25	3.69
WHIP	1.52	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 408	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	23

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	19.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	44	27

Earned Runs	23	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	37	12

Walks	16	11

ERA	5.35	8.05

WHIP	1.55	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	17	12

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	10

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.25	3.69

WHIP	1.52	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
News
	The Mets selected the contract of LHP Cionel Pérez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Mets signed LHP Cionel Pérez to a minor-league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Cionel Perez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Nationals sent LHP Cionel Pérez outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th
	Cionel Pérez has been informed that he has made the Washington Nationals Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM			Justin Topa RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Justin Topa (2026)

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