Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Matt Pushard (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.90
WHIP	‐	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	6

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	5.14

WHIP	‐	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.90

WHIP	‐	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
		The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Matt Pushard (2026)

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