Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 163	# 276
VBR	# 641	# 407

Projections

Strikeouts	13	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.01	3.81
WHIP	1.41	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 435

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.0	28.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	4	17

Hits Allowed	48	31

Earned Runs	29	14

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	29	36

Walks	25	6

ERA	6.37	4.40

WHIP	1.78	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	14	17

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	13	20

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.01	3.81

WHIP	1.41	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
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	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th
	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	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	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	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	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	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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