Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 337	# 391
VBR	# 572	# 743

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.40
WHIP	1.38	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	34.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	6	8

Hits Allowed	26	38

Earned Runs	11	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	47	33

Walks	25	16

ERA	2.30	4.93

WHIP	1.19	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.8	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	14	11

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.18	4.40

WHIP	1.38	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

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Isaac Mattson for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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