Who Should I Trade?

Alex Lange for Matt Svanson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Matt Svanson RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 116	# 384
VBR	# 444	# 612

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	4.25	3.86
WHIP	1.49	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 319	# 437

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	# 381

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	41

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	44.2	43.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	6	3

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	44	55

Earned Runs	31	35

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	47	41

Walks	25	21

ERA	6.25	7.27

WHIP	1.54	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.6	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	15	11

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.25	3.86

WHIP	1.49	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Matt Svanson RP - STL
News
	Alex Lange allowed two earned runs on two hits and a walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	The Cardinals optioned Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Alex Lange struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Matt Svanson entered a tie game in the tenth inning and gave up three runs, two earned, on two hits while recording only one out. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	Alex Lange struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Alex Lange struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits to take a blown save in Monday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
	Alex Lange allowed five earned runs on three hits and one walk without recording a strikeout in Wednesday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Lange RP - KC			Matt Svanson RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Lange for Matt Svanson (2026)

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