Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Matt Gage (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 374	‐
VBR	# 978	# 1024

Projections

Strikeouts	7	11
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.57
WHIP	1.43	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 357	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 430	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	27.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	28	21

Earned Runs	17	17

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	22	28

Walks	17	28

ERA	5.60	5.53

WHIP	1.65	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	10.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	8	9

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	11

Walks	3	6

ERA	4.37	4.57

WHIP	1.43	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Gage RP - SF			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Matt Gage (2026)

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