Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Herget for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Jimmy Herget SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 574	# 671

Projections

Strikeouts	22	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.12	4.59
WHIP	1.39	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	# 304

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Jimmy Herget SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	29

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	38.2	28.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	6	5

Hits Allowed	24	34

Earned Runs	11	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	43	29

Walks	24	14

ERA	2.56	6.43

WHIP	1.24	1.71

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Jimmy Herget SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	25.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	19	26

Earned Runs	10	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	22	23

Walks	11	9

ERA	4.12	4.59

WHIP	1.39	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Jimmy Herget SP,RP - COL
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Jimmy Herget tossed 2/3 of a scoreless inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	Jimmy Herget pitched a perfect ninth inning on Wednesday, striking out two, to earn the save in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox. David Leisering Thu, Jun 25th
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Rockies activated RHP Jimmy Herget from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	Jimmy Herget is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th	Jimmy Herget is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Jimmy Herget SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jimmy Herget for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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