Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Whitlock for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	# 170
VBR	# 308	# 592

Projections

Strikeouts	27	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.39	4.31
WHIP	1.18	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 180	# 194

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 176	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	# 183

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 244	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	15

Games Started	0	10

Innings Pitched	36.0	53.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	1	4

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	18	1

Hits Allowed	26	55

Earned Runs	8	37

Home Runs Allowed	3	11

Strikeouts	39	41

Walks	6	19

ERA	2.00	6.28

WHIP	0.89	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	25.0	25.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	21	25

Earned Runs	9	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	27	22

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.39	4.31

WHIP	1.18	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	Garrett Whitlock earned his first save of the season Monday against the Nationals, allowing one hit and no walks while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning. He handled closing duties with Aroldis Chapman unavailable after pitching on each of the previous two days. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Red Sox activated Garrett Whitlock from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Garrett Whitlock is on track to be activated prior to Tuesday’s game against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Garrett Whitlock threw a scoreless inning in his first rehab appearance at Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th
	Garrett Whitlock is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th	Steven Matz allowed five runs on six hits and no walks while striking out two across 1.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Whitlock for Steven Matz (2026)

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