Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 126	‐
VBR	# 353	# 652

Projections

Strikeouts	26	13
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.63
WHIP	1.36	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 144	# 252

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	1

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	96.2	3.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	98	6

Earned Runs	55	5

Home Runs Allowed	19	1

Strikeouts	81	1

Walks	31	2

ERA	5.12	12.27

WHIP	1.33	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	3

Games Started	5	3

Innings Pitched	28.7	15.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	16

Earned Runs	14	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	26	13

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.54	4.63

WHIP	1.36	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th	Justin Verlander played catch off the bullpen mound. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday's 7-5 win over the Orioles. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th	Justin Verlander threw off the front of the bullpen mound on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Zebby Matthews allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Zebby Matthews was removed from Friday’s start against the Brewers due to a blister on his right foot. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	The Twins recalled Zebby Matthews from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#277	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#364	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#294	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#291
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#431
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#159	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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