Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 560	# 988

Projections

Strikeouts	18	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.20	4.52
WHIP	1.36	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	4.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	25	6

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	45	4

Walks	24	4

ERA	2.38	9.64

WHIP	1.18	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.9	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	8

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.20	4.52

WHIP	1.36	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SF
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN

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Ben Casparius for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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