Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	# 110
VBR	# 425	# 475

Projections

Strikeouts	21	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	3.50
WHIP	1.36	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	# 145

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	# 127

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	# 176

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	# 121

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 94

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	18	9

Innings Pitched	103.2	50.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	36

Earned Runs	56	23

Home Runs Allowed	19	4

Strikeouts	88	51

Walks	32	26

ERA	4.86	4.11

WHIP	1.31	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	7

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	8.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	8

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	9

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.45	3.50

WHIP	1.36	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
News
	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Monday's 9-6 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Kris Bubic is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Kris Bubic is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	Zebby Matthews was removed from Friday’s start against the Brewers due to a blister on his right foot. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Kris Bubic is increasing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Kris Bubic SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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