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Dennis Santana for Lucas Erceg (2026)
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Experts' Pick | Experts' Pick | |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA  | Lucas Erceg RP - KC  | |
Expert |
50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts |
50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 194 | # 161 |
| VBR | # 947 | # 578 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 4 | 17 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| ERA | 4.50 | 4.08 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.42 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | FA | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 273 | # 210 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 426 | # 203 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 124 | # 150 |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 132 | # 150 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Lucas Erceg RP - KC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 44 | 42 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 41.2 | 40.0 |
| Wins | 2 | 4 |
| Losses | 5 | 3 |
| Saves | 2 | 12 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 6 |
| Holds | 5 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 42 | 44 |
| Earned Runs | 28 | 26 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 37 | 28 |
| Walks | 21 | 24 |
| ERA | 6.05 | 5.85 |
| WHIP | 1.51 | 1.70 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Lucas Erceg RP - KC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 4 | 22 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 3.7 | 19.5 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 |
| Losses | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 4 | 18 |
| Earned Runs | 2 | 9 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 4 | 17 |
| Walks | 2 | 8 |
| ERA | 4.50 | 4.08 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.42 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Lucas Erceg RP - KC | |
| News | ||
| Pirates RHP Dennis Santana elected free agency. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th | 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 | |
| The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd | 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 | |
| Dennis Santana recorded only two outs in the top of the ninth inning on Monday, but not before he allowed four runs on four hits and two walks in his second blown save of the year. The Cardinals won, 4-2. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th | 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 | |
| Dennis Santana earned his second save of the season on Wednesday, pitching around a one-out hit batter, to help the Pirates to a 2-0 win over the Nationals. David Leisering Thu, Apr 16th | 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 | |
| Dennis Santana allowed a run on one hit and two walks in the bottom of the ninth for his first blown save of the season on Saturday. The Pirates won the game anyway, 4-3, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th | 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 | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | Lucas Erceg RP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (12-6) | #5 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (4-3) | #84 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #137 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | ||||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #50 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (5-1) | #41 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #47 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-10) | #56 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (10-6) | #21 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #76 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (7-5) | #205 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #82 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (5-6) | #385 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (4-2) | #43 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (5-7) | #34 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #99 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (7-6) | #144 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #14 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-5) | #68 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (4-7) | #57 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-9) | #49 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-9) | #73 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #261 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #128 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (6-7) | #318 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-7) | #36 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-7) | #190 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #235 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-10) | #219 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (7-8) | #13 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (6-5) | #85 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (3-9) | #64 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-10) | #56 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (10-6) | #21 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #76 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (4-7) | #132 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (7-6) | #144 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | ||||
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | ||||
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (5-6) | #385 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (3-7) | #209 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (7-5) | #205 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #55 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #103 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #115 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (13-2) | #29 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (4-3) | #23 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #167 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (8-6) | #10 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (8-9) | #22 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (7-8) | #13 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-5) | #68 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #14 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (4-5) | #24 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-9) | #37 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (4-8) | #88 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | #123 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Lyon Richardson | ||||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-6) | #108 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chase Burns (12-1) | #27 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Andrew Morris (4-2) | #143 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #104 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (3-5) | #98 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (10-8) | #17 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-9) | #37 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (4-8) | #88 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (6-4) | #151 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (4-9) | #227 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-5) | #279 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-3) | #192 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (12-2) | #51 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (7-8) | #201 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-8) | #125 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #87 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #55 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (9-5) | #20 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #35 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (6-8) | #60 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | Casey Legumina (2-2) | #264 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (2-1) | #311 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #82 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (7-5) | #205 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (6-8) | #60 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #35 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | Ian Seymour (7-3) | #86 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #12 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #59 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (13-4) | #4 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | Cionel Perez | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (3-3) | #54 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | Sean Manaea (2-5) | #81 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (8-2) | #134 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-9) | #49 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-9) | #73 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | Michael King (6-7) | #58 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | Griffin Canning (2-9) | #172 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #357 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | #278 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (3-9) | #74 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #61 | |||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | Troy Melton (6-1) | #96 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (7-5) | #2 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #46 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (5-7) | #34 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #50 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #83 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4) | #434 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (3-5) | #432 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (2-10) | #375 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #83 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #104 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (8-7) | #176 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (6-1) | #32 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (6-1) | #174 | |||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | |||||
