Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Boyd for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	# 178
VBR	# 248	# 472

Projections

Strikeouts	28	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.30
WHIP	1.29	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	# 179

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 69	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 81	# 292

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	15

Games Started	17	15

Innings Pitched	97.0	83.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	81

Earned Runs	43	46

Home Runs Allowed	15	18

Strikeouts	76	62

Walks	30	22

ERA	3.99	4.97

WHIP	1.22	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	30.9	14.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	14

Earned Runs	14	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	28	12

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.05	4.30

WHIP	1.29	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
News
	Matthew Boyd allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out five across six innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 27th	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Matthew Boyd allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 22nd	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Matthew Boyd allowed seven runs on five hits and three walks while striking out two across 5.1 innings in Saturday's 8-4 loss against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Matthew Boyd allowed two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three across seven innings in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Matthew Boyd allowed five runs (four earned) on nine hits and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 innings in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Boyd for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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