Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Mike Clevinger (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 185	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	70.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	71	‐

Earned Runs	42	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.61	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Mike Clevinger suffered a knee injury at Triple-A Indianapolis and will miss “roughly” six weeks. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Luinder Avila is scheduled to undergo testing on his forearm injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Clevinger has been pitching in relief at Triple-A Indianapolis this season, allowing five runs with a 9:5 K:BB across 8.2 innings. He is on the 7-day injured list with an undisclosed injury, leaving his return timeline unclear. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th
	Luinder Avila allowed six earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 2.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	The Pirates optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	The Royals placed RHP Luinder Avila on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Clevinger signed a non-roster contract with Pittsburgh in February. His first spring outing came on Feb. 25, when his fastball reached 97 mph. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Sunday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Pirates signed RHP Mike Clevinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC			Mike Clevinger RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#194
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#41
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU	Miguel Ullola (2-0)	#165
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29

Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Mike Clevinger (2026)

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