Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fermin for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 323	# 336
VBR	# 653	# 552

Projections

Strikeouts	16	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.22
WHIP	1.47	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 257	# 285

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Fermin RP - LAA	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	38.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	6

Hits Allowed	23	24

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	38	43

Walks	18	24

ERA	2.67	2.56

WHIP	1.22	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Fermin RP - LAA	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.6	19.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	14	17

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	16	20

Walks	8	9

ERA	4.32	4.22

WHIP	1.47	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Fermin RP - LAA	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	Righthander Jose Fermin was called back up by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jun 15th	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Angels have optioned right-hander Jose Fermin to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	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
	The Angels recalled RHP José Fermín from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Fermin appeared in 40 games for Los Angeles last season. He allowed five runs on four hits and four walks across 3.2 innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th	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
		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
	Jose Fermin RP - LAA			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fermin for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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