Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Brycen Mautz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 760	# 639

Projections

Strikeouts	10	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.36
WHIP	1.48	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 430	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	6.00	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	12.0	9.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	10

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	10	8

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.49	4.36

WHIP	1.48	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
News
	The Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Peterson (triceps) sustained a right triceps strain in late February. The injury will prevent him from being available for the start of the season. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL			Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Brycen Mautz (2026)

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