Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Rico Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 163	# 391
VBR	# 498	# 692

Projections

Strikeouts	18	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.24	4.16
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	47.1	34.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	12	8

Hits Allowed	27	38

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	49	33

Walks	14	16

ERA	3.04	4.93

WHIP	0.87	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.3	13.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	15	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	12

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.24	4.16

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
		Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Rico Garcia (2026)

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