Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 148	‐
VBR	# 369	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	48	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.54	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 466

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	13

Games Started	19	13

Innings Pitched	93.2	64.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	103	65

Earned Runs	52	44

Home Runs Allowed	17	7

Strikeouts	88	47

Walks	36	36

ERA	5.00	6.19

WHIP	1.48	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	55.7	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Jack Kochanowicz will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	The Angels placed Jack Kochanowicz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out nine over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	Jack Kochanowicz lasted just 2.1 innings on Sunday and surrendered three runs on five hits, walked four, and struck out one as the Angels lost to the Rays, 5-2. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	Matthew Liberatore allowed six earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th	Jack Kochanowicz allowed three runs on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on seven hits while striking out two over 1.1 innings in Thursday's loss to the Royals. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 19th	Jack Kochanowicz served up three home runs in six innings and was charged with six runs on seven hits in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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