Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 209	# 161
VBR	# 822	# 546

Projections

Strikeouts	23	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	3
ERA	5.24	4.15
WHIP	1.44	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 150

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 184

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	# 150

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	40

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	76.2	38.1

Wins	4	4

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	12

Blown Saves	1	6

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	71	42

Earned Runs	41	23

Home Runs Allowed	18	5

Strikeouts	47	27

Walks	27	23

ERA	4.81	5.40

WHIP	1.28	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	26

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	28.1	23.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	30	22

Earned Runs	16	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	23	20

Walks	10	10

ERA	5.24	4.15

WHIP	1.44	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
News
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Lucas Erceg allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits over one inning in Friday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Lucas Erceg allowed two hits without a walk or strikeout while tossing a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that he will play the matchups in the ninth inning for the short term. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Lucas Erceg worked around a walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chase Davis Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Lucas Erceg RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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