Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 552	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.22	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	38.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	2.56	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.22	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	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 Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	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
	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	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

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Julian Merryweather for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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