Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 34	# 178
VBR	# 232	# 622

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	4	0
ERA	3.62	4.28
WHIP	1.22	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 200

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 240

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	59	29

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	56.0	72.0

Wins	1	5

Losses	2	5

Saves	39	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	31	69

Earned Runs	10	47

Home Runs Allowed	4	14

Strikeouts	60	53

Walks	20	23

ERA	1.61	5.88

WHIP	0.91	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.8	7.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	6	7

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.62	4.28

WHIP	1.22	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	Bryan Baker allowed one walk and no hits in the ninth inning of Saturday's 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres to notch his ninth save of August. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and hit one batter while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 24th	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning while striking out one batter in Wednesday’s 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, recording his 36th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Bryan Baker allowed no runs on one hit and no walks in the ninth inning of Saturday's 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, picking up his 34th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 9th	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Bryan Baker allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out three in the ninth inning of Friday's 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners, earning his 33rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#253	vs DET	Ty Madden	#253
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#235	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#235
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Steven Matz (2026)

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