Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	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	# 164	# 177
VBR	# 366	# 658

Projections

Strikeouts	12	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.46	4.19
WHIP	1.21	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	# 200

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 154	# 228

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	26

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	47.2	67.2

Wins	1	5

Losses	1	4

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	18	1

Hits Allowed	26	64

Earned Runs	16	45

Home Runs Allowed	3	14

Strikeouts	59	50

Walks	31	21

ERA	3.02	5.99

WHIP	1.20	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.4	10.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	7	10

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	9

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.46	4.19

WHIP	1.21	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	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
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs DET	Ty Madden	#269
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Steven Matz (2026)

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