Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	‐
VBR	# 622	# 850

Projections

Strikeouts	6	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.27
WHIP	1.28	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	25

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	72.0	27.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	69	21

Earned Runs	47	17

Home Runs Allowed	14	3

Strikeouts	53	28

Walks	23	28

ERA	5.88	5.53

WHIP	1.28	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.5	2.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	2	2

ERA	4.28	4.27

WHIP	1.28	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#253	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#235	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Steven Matz (2026)

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