Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Matt Pushard (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 854

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	4
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.05
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	6

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	7.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	6

Earned Runs	1	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	6

Walks	1	4

ERA	3.86	5.14

WHIP	0.86	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	5.05

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. 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
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Matt Pushard (2026)

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