Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 594	# 759

Projections

Strikeouts	22	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.44
WHIP	1.33	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	4

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	3.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	55	4

Earned Runs	37	3

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	41	3

Walks	19	2

ERA	6.28	9.00

WHIP	1.40	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	15.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	26	14

Earned Runs	13	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	16

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.32	4.44

WHIP	1.33	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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 Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Steven Matz allowed five runs on six hits and no walks while striking out two across 1.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Steven Matz (2026)

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