Who Should I Trade?

Jalen Beeks for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	# 357
VBR	# 494	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	3	‐
ERA	4.08	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 184	# 326

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 462

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	29

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.1	26.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	3	6

Hits Allowed	42	28

Earned Runs	23	11

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	27	21

Walks	23	8

ERA	5.40	3.81

WHIP	1.70	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.08	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX
News
	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	The Rangers transferred Jalen Beeks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Rangers left-hander Jalen Beeks (flexor) is out for the season after undergoing surgery. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Rangers placed LHP Jalen Beeks on the 15-day injured list with back spasms. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	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	Jalen Beeks and the Texas Rangers have agreed on a one-year contract. David Leisering Thu, Mar 12th
	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
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Jalen Beeks RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jalen Beeks for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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