Who Should I Trade?

Marc Church for Matt Svanson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Marc Church RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 619	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	4.35
WHIP	1.39	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 381	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Marc Church RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	43.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	7.27	‐

WHIP	1.75	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Marc Church RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.1	9.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	11	9

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	5	5

ERA	3.88	4.35

WHIP	1.39	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Marc Church RP - TEX
News
	The Cardinals optioned Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Rangers designated RHP Marc Church for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Matt Svanson entered a tie game in the tenth inning and gave up three runs, two earned, on two hits while recording only one out. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Marc Church threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	Marc Church will be brought along cautiously this spring while recovering from a lat strain and is expected to return to the mound at some point in March. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Marc Church RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

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