Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	‐	# 1063

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.13
WHIP	‐	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	32	4

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	38	7

Walks	11	10

ERA	4.28	10.13

WHIP	1.28	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	5.13

WHIP	‐	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	The Athletics transferred Mark Leiter Jr. to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Mark Leiter Jr. underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Athletics right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. (hip) is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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