Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Raley for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Brooks Raley RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	# 258
VBR	# 622	# 592

Projections

Strikeouts	6	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.06
WHIP	1.28	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 337

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 148

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Brooks Raley RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	56

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	72.0	49.2

Wins	5	5

Losses	5	5

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	1	16

Hits Allowed	69	38

Earned Runs	47	12

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	53	48

Walks	23	16

ERA	5.88	2.17

WHIP	1.28	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Brooks Raley RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.5	6.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	7	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	7

Walks	2	2

ERA	4.28	4.06

WHIP	1.28	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Brooks Raley RP - PHI
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Brooks Raley earned a save in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks while striking out one in a clean ninth inning. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 19th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Brooks Raley has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Aug 3rd
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Brooks Raley is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Brooks Raley RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#395
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#261
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#373
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#140
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#235	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#253
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Raley for Steven Matz (2026)

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