Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Isaac Mattson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 99	# 391
VBR	# 219	# 743

Projections

Strikeouts	28	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	6	0
ERA	3.29	4.40
WHIP	1.23	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 109	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	36

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	56.1	34.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	7	8

Hits Allowed	40	38

Earned Runs	15	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	76	33

Walks	18	16

ERA	2.40	4.93

WHIP	1.03	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	19	11

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.29	4.40

WHIP	1.23	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	Grant Taylor allowed two hits over a scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Isaac Mattson (2026)

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