Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Erceg for Welinton Herrera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 161	‐
VBR	# 578	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.08	7.03
WHIP	1.42	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 150	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	2.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	44	2

Earned Runs	26	0

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	28	2

Walks	24	1

ERA	5.85	0.00

WHIP	1.70	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.08	7.03

WHIP	1.42	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
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	Welinton Herrera will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Welinton Herrera is receiving a second opinion on his UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Welinton Herrera (elbow) has been transferred to the 60-day IL by the Colorado Rockies. The move allows an open spot on the 40-man roster for righthander TJ Shook, who was called up on Monday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	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 Rockies placed Welinton Herrera on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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	The Rockies recalled LHP Welinton Herrera from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Erceg RP - KC			Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Erceg for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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