Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	‐
VBR	# 268	# 760

Projections

Strikeouts	40	10
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.11	4.46
WHIP	1.32	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	# 430

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	1

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	82.0	3.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	4

Earned Runs	28	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	79	2

Walks	17	2

ERA	3.07	6.00

WHIP	1.09	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	40.6	12.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	12

Earned Runs	19	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	40	10

Walks	14	5

ERA	4.11	4.46

WHIP	1.32	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
News
	Michael Soroka will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Michael Soroka will throw bullpens on Saturday and Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Michael Soroka remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Michael Soroka (2026)

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