Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Tim Herrin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 368
VBR	‐	# 672

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	8
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.95
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 353

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 185	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	58

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	70.0	48.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	15

Hits Allowed	71	36

Earned Runs	42	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	61	44

Walks	42	24

ERA	5.40	3.14

WHIP	1.61	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.95

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Guardians activated LHP Tim Herrin from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Luinder Avila is scheduled to undergo testing on his forearm injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Tim Herrin is scheduled to make a rehab outing with Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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 Guardians placed Tim Herrin on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Royals placed RHP Luinder Avila on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Tim Herrin underwent X-rays that came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC			Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Tim Herrin (2026)

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