Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	‐
VBR	# 410	# 940

Projections

Strikeouts	34	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.54
WHIP	1.36	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	1

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	81.0	6.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	8

Earned Runs	47	6

Home Runs Allowed	16	1

Strikeouts	69	5

Walks	26	3

ERA	5.22	9.00

WHIP	1.31	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	37.1	5.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	5

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	34	4

Walks	11	2

ERA	4.63	4.54

WHIP	1.36	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Twins optioned RHP Zebby Matthews to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Dodgers have designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Zebby Matthews allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over five innings in Friday's 5-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	Cole Irvin allowed six earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st
	Zebby Matthews allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over six innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Cole Irvin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Zebby Matthews allowed eight earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out four over three innings in Sunday's 10-1 loss to the Cubs Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 20th	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	Zebby Matthews will start on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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