Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	‐
VBR	# 444	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.50	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	1

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	103.2	2.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	1

Earned Runs	56	1

Home Runs Allowed	19	0

Strikeouts	88	3

Walks	32	1

ERA	4.86	3.86

WHIP	1.31	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	24.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	25	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Monday's 9-6 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday's 7-5 win over the Orioles. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Zebby Matthews allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	Zebby Matthews was removed from Friday’s start against the Brewers due to a blister on his right foot. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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