Who Should I Trade?

Nick Mears for Paul Gervase (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Paul Gervase RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 692	# 778

Projections

Strikeouts	14	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.45
WHIP	1.37	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 387	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Paul Gervase RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	7.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	15	8

Walks	11	5

ERA	5.12	2.35

WHIP	1.50	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Paul Gervase RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.8	10.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	9

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	11

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.29	4.45

WHIP	1.37	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Paul Gervase RP - LAD
News
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	The Dodgers optioned Paul Gervase to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Paul Gervase will be called up to join the Dodgers' bullpen ahead of Thursday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	The Dodgers optioned Paul Gervase to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th	The Dodgers recalled Paul Gervase from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Royals right-hander Nick Mears (shoulder) is continuing his throwing progression and could be throwing bullpens by the end of the week. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	Paul Gervase was with the Dodgers ahead of Sunday's game against the Angels. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Paul Gervase RP - LAD
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Mears for Paul Gervase (2026)

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