Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Mason Thompson (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 995	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.80	0.00
WHIP	1.53	0.99

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
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	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.5	0.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	1

Earned Runs	1	0

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	1

Walks	1	0

ERA	4.80	0.00

WHIP	1.53	0.99

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
News
	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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
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			Mason Thompson RP - TEX
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 (8-6)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#137	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Mason Thompson (2026)

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