Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Phil Maton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Phil Maton RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 328
VBR	# 828	# 630

Projections

Strikeouts	13	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.80	3.92
WHIP	1.42	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 266

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 164	# 439

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.0	27.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	41	34

Earned Runs	18	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	32	31

Walks	15	16

ERA	3.68	6.18

WHIP	1.27	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	10.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	17	9

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	13	11

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.80	3.92

WHIP	1.42	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Phil Maton RP - CHC
News
	Albert Suarez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Cubs reliever Phil Maton (knee) has been shut down from all activities for three weeks. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	The Orioles designated RHP Albert Suárez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Orioles selected the contract of Albert Suarez. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	The Chicago Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	The Orioles sent Albert Suarez outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the injured list with a recurring knee ailment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Albert Suarez has been designated for assignment by the Baltimore Orioles in a series of moves made by the organization on Saturday. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd	The Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 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
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL			Phil Maton RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Phil Maton (2026)

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