Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1130	# 1067

Projections

Strikeouts	39	3
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.38	5.09
WHIP	1.56	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	4

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	104.2	5.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	149	4

Earned Runs	78	6

Home Runs Allowed	16	2

Strikeouts	80	7

Walks	40	10

ERA	6.71	10.13

WHIP	1.81	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	51.5	3.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	3

Earned Runs	31	2

Home Runs Allowed	9	0

Strikeouts	39	3

Walks	19	2

ERA	5.38	5.09

WHIP	1.56	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#393	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#208	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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