Who Should I Trade?

David Sandlin for Phil Maton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	# 481	# 878

Projections

Strikeouts	22	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.84	4.88
WHIP	1.33	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 258	# 361

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 439	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	4

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	27.2	19.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	34	15

Earned Runs	19	13

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	31	20

Walks	16	10

ERA	6.18	6.05

WHIP	1.81	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	21.0	23.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	24

Earned Runs	9	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	22	20

Walks	9	10

ERA	3.84	4.88

WHIP	1.33	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The White Sox optioned RHP David Sandlin to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Chicago Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	David Sandlin allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's 22-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the injured list with a recurring knee ailment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The White Sox recalled RHP David Sandlin from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th	David Sandlin will start on Friday for the White Sox against the Royals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Phil Maton is expected to be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	David Sandlin was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Phil Maton RP - CHC			David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

David Sandlin for Phil Maton (2026)

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