Who Should I Trade?

Matt Pushard for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	‐
VBR	# 483	# 818

Projections

Strikeouts	43	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.67	4.76
WHIP	1.42	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	6

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	98.0	7.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	6

Earned Runs	33	4

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	94	6

Walks	38	4

ERA	3.03	5.14

WHIP	1.12	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	11

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.1	4.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	45	4

Earned Runs	24	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	43	4

Walks	19	2

ERA	4.67	4.76

WHIP	1.42	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	Peter Lambert will start Wednesday’s series finale against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six innings in Friday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Peter Lambert will start on Friday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Peter Lambert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Pushard for Peter Lambert (2026)

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