Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1018	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	7.03
WHIP	1.55	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	2

Earned Runs	6	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	7	2

Walks	10	1

ERA	10.13	0.00

WHIP	2.63	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.9	0.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	1

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	5	1

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.41	7.03

WHIP	1.55	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
News
	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Welinton Herrera will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Welinton Herrera is receiving a second opinion on his UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Welinton Herrera (elbow) has been transferred to the 60-day IL by the Colorado Rockies. The move allows an open spot on the 40-man roster for righthander TJ Shook, who was called up on Monday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Rockies placed Welinton Herrera on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Rockies recalled LHP Welinton Herrera from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Cerantola RP - SF			Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
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 Welinton Herrera (2026)

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