Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Matt Svanson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 619	# 610

Projections

Strikeouts	11	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	4.24
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 381	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	5

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	4.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	55	5

Earned Runs	35	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	41	5

Walks	21	2

ERA	7.27	6.75

WHIP	1.75	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.1	13.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	11	12

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	13

Walks	5	6

ERA	3.88	4.24

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Cardinals optioned Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Matt Svanson entered a tie game in the tenth inning and gave up three runs, two earned, on two hits while recording only one out. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, May 18th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Matt Svanson (2026)

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