Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	# 336
VBR	# 171	# 574

Projections

Strikeouts	28	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	12	0
ERA	3.33	4.12
WHIP	1.19	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 285

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	29

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	38.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	20	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	33	24

Earned Runs	12	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	49	41

Walks	14	23

ERA	2.42	2.61

WHIP	1.05	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.6	21.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	20	19

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	28	22

Walks	9	11

ERA	3.33	4.12

WHIP	1.19	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	David Bednar struck out one batter in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	The Yankees have placed closer David Bedar on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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