Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Jayden Murray (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1018	# 969

Projections

Strikeouts	5	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	4.21
WHIP	1.55	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	16.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	25

Earned Runs	6	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	7	14

Walks	10	9

ERA	10.13	9.37

WHIP	2.63	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.9	8.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	8

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	7

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.41	4.21

WHIP	1.55	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Jayden Murray (2026)

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