Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 592	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.35
WHIP	1.32	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	53.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	6.28	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	25.6	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	25	3

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	22	3

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.31	4.35

WHIP	1.32	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
News
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
	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 Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th	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
	Steven Matz allowed five runs on six hits and no walks while striking out two across 1.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Steven Matz (2026)

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