Who Should I Trade?

Kenta Maeda for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 178	‐
VBR	# 551	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.10	‐
WHIP	1.25	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	75.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	70	‐

Earned Runs	47	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	5.64	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.10	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	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
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#320
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#298
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#387
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#300
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#324
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#281
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#329
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#203
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#231
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#366
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#391
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#392
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#235
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#219
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#220
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#78
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#227
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Kenta Maeda for Steven Matz (2026)

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