Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Kris Bubic (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 106	‐
VBR	# 397	# 739

Projections

Strikeouts	31	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.47
WHIP	1.34	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	# 430

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	1

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	50.1	3.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	4

Earned Runs	23	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	51	2

Walks	26	2

ERA	4.11	6.00

WHIP	1.23	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	16

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	32.8	18.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	18

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	31	16

Walks	12	8

ERA	3.92	4.47

WHIP	1.34	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
News
	Kris Bubic could begin a new throwing program next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Kris Bubic received a cortisone injection on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	The Royals transferred LHP Kris Bubic to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Kris Bubic (elbow) will not make his scheduled rehab start on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Kris Bubic is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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
	Kris Bubic SP - KC			Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Kris Bubic (2026)

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