Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 129	# 199
VBR	# 444	# 1007

Projections

Strikeouts	23	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.62
WHIP	1.36	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	# 213

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	# 143

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	# 321

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	7

Games Started	18	5

Innings Pitched	103.2	29.2

Wins	8	2

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	32

Earned Runs	56	17

Home Runs Allowed	19	4

Strikeouts	88	18

Walks	32	23

ERA	4.86	5.16

WHIP	1.31	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	3

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	24.6	4.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	5

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	23	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.50	4.62

WHIP	1.36	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
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	The Padres transferred RHP Lucas Giolito to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	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	Lucas Giolito remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Zebby Matthews was removed from Friday’s start against the Brewers due to a blister on his right foot. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Lucas Giolito SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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