Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Keller for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 169	‐
VBR	# 617	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.35	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

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	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	53.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	6.28	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	24.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Kyle Keller has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The righthander receives an invitation to spring training and will make $1.9 million, with incentives, if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Kyle Keller RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#289
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Keller for Steven Matz (2026)

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