Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	# 336
VBR	# 715	# 582

Projections

Strikeouts	7	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.19
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	# 285

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	# 377

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	41.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	6

Hits Allowed	38	25

Earned Runs	19	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	22	45

Walks	12	24

ERA	4.84	2.38

WHIP	1.42	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	18.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	10	16

Earned Runs	5	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	7	19

Walks	3	9

ERA	4.25	4.19

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

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Joel Kuhnel for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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