Who Should I Trade?

Matt Pushard for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 257	# 854

Projections

Strikeouts	54	4
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.55
WHIP	1.26	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 41	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	6

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	84.0	7.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	6

Earned Runs	31	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	87	6

Walks	25	4

ERA	3.32	5.14

WHIP	1.08	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	52.9	4.6

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	48	5

Earned Runs	24	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	54	4

Walks	17	2

ERA	4.02	4.55

WHIP	1.26	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Payton Tolle took the loss Wednesday against the Nationals after allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks over three-plus innings. He struck out five in Boston’s 10-2 defeat. Four of the seven hits went for extra bases, including home runs by Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez, their first of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Payton Tolle allowed one hit and two walks while striking out seven over seven scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	Payton Tolle (3-5) took the loss Sunday against the Mariners after allowing three runs on six hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out two, matching a season low. Dominic Canzone accounted for one of the runs with a solo home run in the second inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL			@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Pushard for Payton Tolle (2026)

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