Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	# 392
VBR	# 673	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.21	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 427

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	38

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	80.1	38.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	1	8

Hits Allowed	74	44

Earned Runs	49	23

Home Runs Allowed	15	3

Strikeouts	61	36

Walks	25	18

ERA	5.49	5.35

WHIP	1.23	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.21	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Pirates placed RHP Isaac Mattson on the 15-day injured list with hip inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 4th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Pirates optioned Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	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 Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#225	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#250	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (2-0)	#114	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-3)	#120
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (2-0)	#165	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-4)	#194	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68	@ DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#129
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5	@ DET	River Ryan (0-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Steven Matz (2026)

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