Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 552	# 1039

Projections

Strikeouts	20	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.77
WHIP	1.37	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	27.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	5

Hits Allowed	24	21

Earned Runs	11	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	43	28

Walks	24	28

ERA	2.56	5.53

WHIP	1.24	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	9

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.22	4.77

WHIP	1.37	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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