Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Matt Bowman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 330	‐
VBR	# 534	# 975

Projections

Strikeouts	19	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.65
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 310	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	46.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	11	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.66	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	5

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.12	4.65

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
News
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Twins have signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Cole Sulser has begun throwing live batting practice and is reportedly doing well, according to Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash. Cash indicated Sulser could return to the active roster “pretty soon” if his progression continues without setbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	Matt Bowman opted out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Blue Jays signed RHP Matt Bowman to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	The Twins released Matt Bowman. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Cole Sulser allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out two in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians, recording his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 29th	Matt Bowman has opted out of his minor league contract with the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Matt Bowman (2026)

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