Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Matthew Boyd (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	# 96
VBR	# 252	# 193

Projections

Strikeouts	53	61
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	3.93
WHIP	1.28	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	# 139

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	# 73

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 54

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	# 81

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	# 114

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 140

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	15	9

Innings Pitched	87.2	46.0

Wins	3	5

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	91	46

Earned Runs	48	23

Home Runs Allowed	12	5

Strikeouts	81	47

Walks	28	13

ERA	4.93	4.50

WHIP	1.36	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	12

Games Started	9	12

Innings Pitched	56.4	65.3

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	60

Earned Runs	26	29

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	53	61

Walks	17	19

ERA	4.15	3.93

WHIP	1.28	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
News
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Matthew Boyd allowed four runs on six hits, one walk and two hit batters while striking out three across 6.1 innings in Sunday's 8-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Matthew Boyd allowed no runs on three hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Matthew Boyd allowed three runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out two across five innings in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Matthew Boyd gave up no runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four across 4.2 innings in Thursday's 4-3 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Cubs activated Matthew Boyd from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#236	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Matthew Boyd (2026)

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