Who Should I Trade?

Keegan Thompson for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 169	‐
VBR	# 565	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.11
WHIP	1.32	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Keegan Thompson RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	5

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	12.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	55	19

Earned Runs	37	11

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	41	11

Walks	19	2

ERA	6.28	8.25

WHIP	1.40	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Keegan Thompson RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	18

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	24.6	8.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	9

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	8

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.18	4.11

WHIP	1.32	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Keegan Thompson RP - COL
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rockies have designated right-hander Keegan Thompson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rockies sent RHP Keegan Thompson outright to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Rockies have designated right-hander Keegan Thompson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	Keegan Thompson has been claimed off of waivers by the Colorado Rockies. Thompson was designed for assignment by the Reds in late December. David Leisering Wed, Jan 7th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Keegan Thompson RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Keegan Thompson for Steven Matz (2026)

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