Who Should I Trade?

Eli Morgan for Justin Bruihl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Eli Morgan RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 742	# 760

Projections

Strikeouts	15	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.83
WHIP	1.47	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 431	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 403	# 471

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Eli Morgan RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	19.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	49	24

Earned Runs	20	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	34	16

Walks	20	9

ERA	3.65	5.12

WHIP	1.40	1.71

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Eli Morgan RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.8	14.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	18	15

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	13

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.36	4.83

WHIP	1.47	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Eli Morgan RP - KC
News
	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Royals optioned RHP Eli Morgan to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th	Eli Morgan was called up from Triple-A ahead of Friday's game against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
		Eli Morgan was recalled to the big-league club by the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
		The Royals optioned RHP Eli Morgan to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
		The Royals recalled Eli Morgan from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL			Eli Morgan RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Eli Morgan for Justin Bruihl (2026)

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