Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Mike Clevinger (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1022	# 961

Projections

Strikeouts	5	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.59
WHIP	1.55	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
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	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.9	7.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	7

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.40	4.59

WHIP	1.55	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
News
	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Mike Clevinger suffered a knee injury at Triple-A Indianapolis and will miss “roughly” six weeks. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Clevinger has been pitching in relief at Triple-A Indianapolis this season, allowing five runs with a 9:5 K:BB across 8.2 innings. He is on the 7-day injured list with an undisclosed injury, leaving his return timeline unclear. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th
	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Pirates optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Clevinger signed a non-roster contract with Pittsburgh in February. His first spring outing came on Feb. 25, when his fastball reached 97 mph. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Pirates signed RHP Mike Clevinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF			Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
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 Mike Clevinger (2026)

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