Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 516	# 573

Projections

Strikeouts	17	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	4.06
WHIP	1.36	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	26	3

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	47	7

Walks	25	2

ERA	2.30	1.69

WHIP	1.19	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	14	11

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	12

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.16	4.06

WHIP	1.36	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Yankees optioned Kervin Castro to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	The Yankees recalled Kervin Castro from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The move was made to make room for Carlos Rodon (elbow), who was activated from the IL and will make his season debut on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th
	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	Kervin Castro has been called up to the Yankees' roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He should be available out of the bullpen on Friday in Milwaukee. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	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	Righthander Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Kervin Castro RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#221	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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