Who Should I Trade?

Joe Jimenez for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 178	‐
VBR	# 581	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.05	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	74.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	69	‐

Earned Runs	47	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	5.72	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.05	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Joe Jimenez threw off the mound on Monday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Braves reliever Joe Jimenez might not pitch in 2026, as per manager Walt Weiss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
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			Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#215
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#260	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#400
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#326
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#286
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#230
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#348	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#201	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#222
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#355	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#309
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#200	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#309
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#184	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#401	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#150	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#379
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#278	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#180
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#223	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#110	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#207	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#118
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#247	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#328
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Jimenez for Steven Matz (2026)

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