Who Should I Trade?

Brian Van Belle for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 552	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.22	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	38.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	2.56	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.22	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Van Belle for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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