Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	‐
VBR	# 404	# 995

Projections

Strikeouts	20	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.90	4.55
WHIP	1.31	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 182	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.1	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	4

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	36	7

Walks	12	10

ERA	3.81	10.13

WHIP	1.13	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.2	2.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	2

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	20	3

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.90	4.55

WHIP	1.31	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	The Pirates activated Kirby Yates. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	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
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Kirby Yates (2026)

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