Who Should I Trade?

Dedniel Nunez for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 337	‐
VBR	# 572	# 565

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.07
WHIP	1.38	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	2.30	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.8	11.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	14	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.18	4.07

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Mets sent RHP Dedniel Núñez on a rehab assignment to Double-A Binghamton. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	The Mets transferred Dedniel Nunez to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	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			Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT

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Dedniel Nunez for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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