Who Should I Trade?

Joe Mantiply for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 557	# 874

Projections

Strikeouts	18	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.17
WHIP	1.33	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 435

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

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


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	57.1	17.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	56	16

Earned Runs	38	4

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	44	16

Walks	20	4

ERA	5.97	2.04

WHIP	1.33	1.13

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


Games Played	18	8

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	5.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.25	4.17

WHIP	1.33	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Joe Mantiply has resumed throwing bullpens. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Joe Mantiply is going to have arthroscopic surgery to clean up some damage. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Joe Mantiply has been cleared to resume throwing this weekend. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Blue Jays placed Joe Mantiply on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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 Blue Jays selected the contract of Joe Mantiply. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 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			Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Mantiply for Steven Matz (2026)

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