Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Matt Svanson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 553	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.15
WHIP	1.31	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	39.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	6.58	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	3.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	19	3

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	21	3

Walks	8	2

ERA	3.68	4.15

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
News
	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	The Cardinals optioned RHP Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Matt Svanson (2026)

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