Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Isaac Mattson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 392	‐
VBR	# 590	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.32	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 421	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 418	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	34.2	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	38	1

Earned Runs	19	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	33	3

Walks	16	1

ERA	4.93	3.86

WHIP	1.56	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.32	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Isaac Mattson pitched a perfect eighth inning on Sunday, including a strikeout, for his fifth hold of the season as the Pirates defeated the Rays, 6-3. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
		Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

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Cody Ponce for Isaac Mattson (2026)

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