Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Matt Strahm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 318	# 392
VBR	‐	# 659

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.52
WHIP	‐	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 250	# 427

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	38.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	4	2

Holds	13	8

Hits Allowed	38	44

Earned Runs	28	23

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	30	36

Walks	14	18

ERA	7.07	5.35

WHIP	1.46	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	3.52

WHIP	‐	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	Matt Strahm underwent successful surgery on his right knee. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	The Pirates placed RHP Isaac Mattson on the 15-day injured list with hip inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 4th
	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Pirates optioned Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Matt Strahm allowed the only batter he faced to hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sat, Apr 4th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Tue, Apr 7th		vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th		vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Sun, Apr 12th		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Thu, Apr 23rd		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sat, May 2nd		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, May 3rd		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Wed, May 6th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Thu, May 7th		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Fri, May 8th		@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, May 9th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sun, May 10th		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, May 12th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, May 13th		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Thu, May 14th		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, May 16th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, May 17th		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 19th		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, May 20th		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Thu, May 21st		@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Mon, May 25th		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#287
Wed, May 27th		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Fri, May 29th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Sun, May 31st		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Fri, Jun 5th		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Fri, Jun 19th		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, Jun 20th		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, Jun 21st		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sat, Jun 27th		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Jun 30th		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd		@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sun, Jul 5th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Thu, Jul 9th		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th		@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, Jul 31st		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Tue, Aug 4th		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th		@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th		vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Sun, Aug 9th		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Aug 14th		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Aug 16th		vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Wed, Aug 19th		vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#148
Fri, Aug 21st		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Mon, Aug 24th		@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th		@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 28th		@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Sat, Aug 29th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd		vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sat, Sep 5th		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Sep 8th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Sep 9th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th		@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#194
Fri, Sep 11th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Sep 12th		@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, Sep 13th		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Sep 15th		vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 17th		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 18th		vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Sat, Sep 19th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, Sep 20th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th		vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th		@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th		@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th		@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Matt Strahm (2026)

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