Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Lynch for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 171	# 306
VBR	# 594	# 601

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.32	4.23
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 309

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Daniel Lynch RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	40

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	40.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	1	10

Hits Allowed	55	26

Earned Runs	37	10

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	41	33

Walks	19	12

ERA	6.28	2.23

WHIP	1.40	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Daniel Lynch RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	27

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	24.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	6

Hits Allowed	26	24

Earned Runs	13	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.32	4.23

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Daniel Lynch RP - KC
News
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Daniel Lynch allowed three hits and one run while recording one out to take the loss against the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	Daniel Lynch allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out one batter in the Royals' 6-4 loss to the Nationals. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 17th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	Daniel Lynch tossed a scoreless frame with one strikeout while allowing one hit in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th	Daniel Lynch struck out three batters over 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save in Sunday's win over Seattle. Chase Davis Mon, May 4th
	Steven Matz allowed five runs on six hits and no walks while striking out two across 1.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Daniel Lynch RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Lynch for Steven Matz (2026)

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