Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Matt Bowman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 92	‐
VBR	# 304	# 1006

Projections

Strikeouts	24	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	7	0
ERA	3.27	4.62
WHIP	1.17	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	10.50	‐

WHIP	2.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	5.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	7	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	6

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	24	5

Walks	7	2

ERA	3.27	4.62

WHIP	1.17	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
News
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Twins have signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Matt Bowman opted out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Blue Jays signed RHP Matt Bowman to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Twins released Matt Bowman. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Edwin Diaz threw live batting practice on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Matt Bowman has opted out of his minor league contract with the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Matt Bowman (2026)

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