Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Erceg for Taylor Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 161	# 361
VBR	# 591	# 616

Projections

Strikeouts	16	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.10	4.34
WHIP	1.44	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	# 354

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 354

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	49

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	49.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	4	12

Hits Allowed	44	34

Earned Runs	26	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	28	26

Walks	24	9

ERA	5.85	2.19

WHIP	1.70	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	18.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	17	18

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	14

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.10	4.34

WHIP	1.44	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
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 Diamondbacks activated Taylor Clarke from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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 Diamondbacks placed Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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 Diamondbacks signed RHP Taylor Clarke to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	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			Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#262
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Erceg for Taylor Clarke (2026)

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