Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 645	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.34	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	2.57	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.34	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Reds reassigned RHP Carson Spiers to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	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			Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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