Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Acton for Isaac Mattson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Garrett Acton RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 391	‐
VBR	# 733	# 863

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.46
WHIP	1.45	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 422	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 418	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Garrett Acton RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	6.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	38	4

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	33	9

Walks	16	3

ERA	4.93	2.70

WHIP	1.56	1.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Garrett Acton RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.8	7.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	7

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.33	4.46

WHIP	1.45	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Garrett Acton RP - MIN
News
	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Twins activated RHP Garrett Acton from the 60-day injured list optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Garrett Acton threw two perfect innings for Triple-A St. Paul in a rehab appearance on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Twins placed Garrett Acton on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Twins recalled RHP Garrett Acton from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th	The Marlins designated RHP Garrett Acton for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT			Garrett Acton RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Acton for Isaac Mattson (2026)

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