Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Boyd for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	# 129
VBR	# 248	# 419

Projections

Strikeouts	28	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.43
WHIP	1.29	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 69	# 166

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 81	# 92

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	# 120

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	18

Games Started	17	18

Innings Pitched	97.0	103.2

Wins	8	8

Losses	3	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	104

Earned Runs	43	56

Home Runs Allowed	15	19

Strikeouts	76	88

Walks	30	32

ERA	3.99	4.86

WHIP	1.22	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	7

Games Started	6	4

Innings Pitched	30.9	23.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	24

Earned Runs	14	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	28	22

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.05	4.43

WHIP	1.29	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
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	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Monday's 9-6 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th
	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	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th
	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	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday's 7-5 win over the Orioles. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th
	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	Zebby Matthews allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	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	Zebby Matthews was removed from Friday’s start against the Brewers due to a blister on his right foot. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC			Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Boyd for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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