Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Matt Svanson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Christian Roa RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 619	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	6
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	4.32
WHIP	1.39	1.68

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 381	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	8.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	55	10

Earned Runs	35	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	41	6

Walks	21	7

ERA	7.27	5.19

WHIP	1.75	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.1	6.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	6

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	5	4

ERA	3.88	4.32

WHIP	1.39	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	The Cardinals optioned Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Matt Svanson entered a tie game in the tenth inning and gave up three runs, two earned, on two hits while recording only one out. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th	The Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th	The Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Matt Svanson (2026)

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