Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Felix Bautista (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 995	# 799

Projections

Strikeouts	3	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	2.72
WHIP	1.54	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	10.13	‐

WHIP	2.63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.4	3.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	4

Walks	1	2

ERA	4.55	2.72

WHIP	1.54	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
News
	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Felix Bautista threw live batting practice on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Orioles GM Mike Elias said Felix Bautista will throw live batting practice next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Orioles GM Mike Elias said that Félix Bautista is “throwing really, really well..." Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Felix Bautista will begin the bullpen phase of his throwing progression on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Felix Bautista began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF			Felix Bautista RP - BAL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Felix Bautista (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation