Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 447	# 957

Projections

Strikeouts	22	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.93	4.30
WHIP	1.31	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	5.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	36	4

Earned Runs	15	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	43	7

Walks	12	10

ERA	3.14	10.13

WHIP	1.12	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	3.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	3

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	22	4

Walks	8	2

ERA	3.93	4.30

WHIP	1.31	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
		The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#177	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

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