Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 366	# 846

Projections

Strikeouts	39	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	3.94
WHIP	1.38	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	108.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	121	‐

Earned Runs	60	‐

Home Runs Allowed	19	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	4.97	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.4	5.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	5

Earned Runs	22	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	39	6

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.42	3.94

WHIP	1.38	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	The Blue Jays designated RHP Angel Bastardo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Bastardo was a Rule 5 pick ahead of the 2025 season but spent the entire year on the injured list recovering from Tommy John surgery. He posted a 5:7 K:BB across 7.2 Grapefruit League innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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