Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 592	# 771

Projections

Strikeouts	22	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.25
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 377

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jake Woodford RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	17

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	25.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	55	39

Earned Runs	37	21

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	41	23

Walks	19	7

ERA	6.28	7.46

WHIP	1.40	1.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jake Woodford RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	25.6	8.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	25	9

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	22	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.31	4.25

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jake Woodford RP - CHC
News
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Chicago Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Cubs are reportedly signing right-hander Jake Woodford to a big-league deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th	Jake Woodford has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	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 Brewers designated Jake Woodford for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
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			Jake Woodford RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
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
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Steven Matz (2026)

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