Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Braun for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	‐
VBR	# 368	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	46	2
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.69	5.04
WHIP	1.36	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	70.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	73	‐

Earned Runs	42	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	49.7	2.7

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	3

Earned Runs	26	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	46	2

Walks	14	1

ERA	4.69	5.04

WHIP	1.36	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
News
	Zebby Matthews allowed eight earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out four over three innings in Sunday's 10-1 loss to the Cubs Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 20th
	Zebby Matthews will start on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Angels. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th
	Zebby Matthews is slated to start Friday's contest against the Los Angeles Angels. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on three hits and four walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Saturday's 11-4 win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#173
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE			vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th				vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Braun for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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