Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Quinn Mathews (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 667	# 590

Projections

Strikeouts	10	25
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.33
WHIP	1.42	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	12.0	5.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	6

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	3	3

ERA	3.00	3.60

WHIP	1.08	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	1	4

Innings Pitched	11.5	25.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	23

Earned Runs	5	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	10	25

Walks	5	14

ERA	4.21	4.33

WHIP	1.42	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
News
	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Quinn Mathews. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Quinn Mathews will be called up to make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF			Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Quinn Mathews (2026)

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