Who Should I Trade?

Luis Mey for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Luis Mey RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 577	# 919

Projections

Strikeouts	23	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.64
WHIP	1.37	1.64

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Luis Mey RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	23	7

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	39	14

Walks	23	10

ERA	2.78	7.27

WHIP	1.29	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Luis Mey RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.4	12.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	11

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	12

Walks	11	8

ERA	4.19	4.64

WHIP	1.37	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Luis Mey RP - CIN
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th	The Reds recalled RHP Luis Mey from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	The Reds have optioned right-hander Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 19th
	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Luis Mey RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Mey for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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