Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	# 177
VBR	# 443	# 670

Projections

Strikeouts	13	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.35	4.25
WHIP	1.42	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	# 200

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 133	# 228

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	26

Games Started	1	11

Innings Pitched	75.0	67.2

Wins	13	5

Losses	2	4

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	13	1

Hits Allowed	67	64

Earned Runs	28	45

Home Runs Allowed	6	14

Strikeouts	104	50

Walks	37	21

ERA	3.36	5.99

WHIP	1.39	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	10.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	9	11

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	9

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.35	4.25

WHIP	1.42	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
		The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
		The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Steven Matz (2026)

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