Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Jake Cousins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 391	‐
VBR	# 709	# 950

Projections

Strikeouts	19	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.01
WHIP	1.41	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 422	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 418	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.13	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	2.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	19	3

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	19	3

Walks	10	1

ERA	4.29	4.01

WHIP	1.41	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
	Isaac Mattson pitched a perfect eighth inning on Sunday, including a strikeout, for his fifth hold of the season as the Pirates defeated the Rays, 6-3. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Jake Cousins (2026)

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