Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Matt Strahm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Matt Strahm RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 287
VBR	# 979	# 559

Projections

Strikeouts	8	21
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.90	4.09
WHIP	1.34	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 129	# 413

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Matt Strahm RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	36

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	37.2	32.1

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	36	35

Earned Runs	16	26

Home Runs Allowed	8	10

Strikeouts	30	26

Walks	11	13

ERA	3.82	7.24

WHIP	1.25	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Matt Strahm RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	23

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	9.4	20.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	9	18

Earned Runs	5	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	21

Walks	3	7

ERA	4.90	4.09

WHIP	1.34	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Matt Strahm RP - KC
News
	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th	Matt Strahm struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	Matt Strahm allowed one earned run on one hit with no walks and no strikeouts in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th
	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Matt Strahm threw 10 pitches in a scoreless appearance in Thursday's 8-6 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 5th
	Jesse Scholtens allowed two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out four batters across 4.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss against the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Royals activated Matt Strahm from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB			Matt Strahm RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Matt Strahm (2026)

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