Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Phil Maton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Phil Maton RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 332
VBR	# 645	# 778

Projections

Strikeouts	3	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.18	4.35
WHIP	1.17	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 275

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 282	# 439

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.1	27.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	15	34

Earned Runs	8	19

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	18	31

Walks	12	16

ERA	2.84	6.18

WHIP	1.07	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.5	2.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	3.18	4.35

WHIP	1.17	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Phil Maton RP - CHC
News
	Brant Hurter made a rehab appearance on August 29. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	It is unclear if Phil Maton will return this season. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Brant Hurter was scheduled to make a rehab start on Tuesday with Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Phil Maton was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 19th
	Brant Hurter will make a rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Phil Maton has been diagnosed with a partially torn right patellar tendon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Brant Hurter began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Cubs reliever Phil Maton (knee) has been shut down from all activities for three weeks. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Brant Hurter is expected to make another rehab start later this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET			Phil Maton RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#212	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#243	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Phil Maton (2026)

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