Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	7.03
WHIP	1.64	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	0

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	0.00

WHIP	‐	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.4	0.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	1

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	7	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.22	7.03

WHIP	1.64	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
News
	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Welinton Herrera will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th	Welinton Herrera is receiving a second opinion on his UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
		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
		The Rockies placed Welinton Herrera on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		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
	Michel Otanez RP - TEX			Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Michel Otanez for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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