Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 354	# 392
VBR	# 731	# 697

Projections

Strikeouts	4	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.13
WHIP	1.34	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	# 423

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 382	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	37

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	36.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	7	8

Hits Allowed	50	40

Earned Runs	19	20

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	29	34

Walks	13	18

ERA	4.20	4.91

WHIP	1.55	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.7	6.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	6

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.92	4.13

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Pirates optioned Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
		The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
		The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
		The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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