Who Should I Trade?

Kody Funderburk for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 167	# 381
VBR	# 881	# 573

Projections

Strikeouts	6	8
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	3.93
WHIP	1.50	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 229	# 372

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 391

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	43.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	2

Saves	12	1

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	4	10

Hits Allowed	53	33

Earned Runs	30	18

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	31	36

Walks	29	24

ERA	6.23	3.77

WHIP	1.89	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.7	9.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	6	9

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	8

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.09	3.93

WHIP	1.50	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN
News
	The Royals optioned Lucas Erceg to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Twins recalled Kody Funderburk from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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 Twins optioned Kody Funderburk to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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 Twins recalled LHP Kody Funderburk from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 Twins optioned LHP Kody Funderburk to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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	The Twins activated LHP Kody Funderburk from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Kody Funderburk RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Kody Funderburk for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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