Who Should I Trade?

Josh Fleming for Matt Strahm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	‐
VBR	# 530	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.04	5.79
WHIP	1.23	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.1	3.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	34	6

Earned Runs	25	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	25	1

Walks	13	2

ERA	7.18	12.00

WHIP	1.50	2.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.0	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	2

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.04	5.79

WHIP	1.23	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
News
	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Cubs signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Matt Strahm struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Blue Jays re-signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	Matt Strahm allowed one earned run on one hit with no walks and no strikeouts in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Josh Fleming has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th
	Matt Strahm threw 10 pitches in a scoreless appearance in Thursday's 8-6 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 5th	The Blue Jays designated Josh Fleming for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Royals activated Matt Strahm from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Lefthander Josh Fleming had his contract selected by the Toronto Blue Jays and should be available on Monday out of the bullpen. Righthander Austin Voth was designated for assignment in a corresponding move. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - KC			Josh Fleming RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Fleming for Matt Strahm (2026)

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