Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	# 347
VBR	# 410	# 646

Projections

Strikeouts	34	24
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.63	4.57
WHIP	1.36	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	# 436

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	38

Games Started	14	1

Innings Pitched	81.0	50.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	80	51

Earned Runs	47	22

Home Runs Allowed	16	6

Strikeouts	69	60

Walks	26	26

ERA	5.22	3.91

WHIP	1.31	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	21

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	37.1	23.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	39	22

Earned Runs	19	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	34	24

Walks	11	11

ERA	4.63	4.57

WHIP	1.36	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
News
	The Twins optioned RHP Zebby Matthews to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Zebby Matthews allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over five innings in Friday's 5-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Zebby Matthews allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over six innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th				vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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