Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	‐
VBR	# 547	# 1022

Projections

Strikeouts	11	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.59	4.40
WHIP	1.24	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	4

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	7

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.11	10.13

WHIP	1.43	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	4.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	4

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	5

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.59	4.40

WHIP	1.24	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley was unavailable on Wednesday against the White Sox due to right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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