Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Finnegan for Lucas Erceg (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 162	# 199
VBR	# 641	# 537

Projections

Strikeouts	13	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	2
ERA	4.01	4.21
WHIP	1.41	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	# 174

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	# 170

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	# 269

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 327

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.0	46.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	0

Saves	12	2

Blown Saves	6	7

Holds	4	12

Hits Allowed	48	47

Earned Runs	29	18

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	29	36

Walks	25	27

ERA	6.37	3.50

WHIP	1.78	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	18.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	14	17

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	13	17

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.01	4.21

WHIP	1.41	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
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	Tigers right-hander Kyle Finnegan needed just two pitches to earn a save in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Tigers right-hander Kyle Finnegan pitched a scoreless inning and earned the win over the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Tigers right-hander Kyle Finnegan worked a clean ninth inning for his first save of the season on Thursday against the Braves. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
	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
	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			Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Finnegan for Lucas Erceg (2026)

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