Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 344	# 336
VBR	# 521	# 577

Projections

Strikeouts	20	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.19
WHIP	1.37	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	# 285

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 339	# 376

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	35.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	7	23

Earned Runs	2	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	8	39

Walks	4	23

ERA	1.80	2.78

WHIP	1.10	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.9	22.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	23

Walks	8	11

ERA	3.98	4.19

WHIP	1.37	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	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
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	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
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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