Who Should I Trade?

Ivan Herrera for Luke Maile (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Luke Maile C - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	‐
VBR	# 100	# 1304

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	13	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.266	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 118	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	495	28

Runs	81	2

Hits	120	5

Singles	83	3

Doubles	22	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	53	5

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	64	1

Strikeouts	108	11

Batting Average	.242	.179

On Base Pct	.358	.207

Slugging Pct	.376	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.528

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	10

Runs	15	1

Hits	26	2

Singles	18	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	13	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	22	3

Batting Average	.266	.213

On Base Pct	.365	.296

Slugging Pct	.413	.298

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Luke Maile C - KC
News
	Ivan Herrera went 1-for-6 in the doubleheader against the Reds with a home run, four walks, two runs scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	Luke Maile went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Ivan Herrera went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Rockies with two doubles, two runs scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	The Royals selected the contract of Luke Maile. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Ivan Herrera went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	Veteran catcher Luke Maile may not attend Royals' spring training due to a personal issue. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	Ivan Herrera went 0-for-3 in a win over the Yankees with a run scored, two walks, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	The Royals and catcher Luke Maile have reunited on a minor-league pact. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 5th
	Ivan Herrera went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with two doubles, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL			Luke Maile C - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ivan Herrera for Luke Maile (2026)

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