Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 566	# 516

Projections

Strikeouts	21	33
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	4.70
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	# 298

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	9

Games Started	1	6

Innings Pitched	40.2	33.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	46	37

Earned Runs	29	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	9

Strikeouts	40	25

Walks	19	13

ERA	6.42	6.75

WHIP	1.60	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	21.4	38.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	40

Earned Runs	9	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	21	33

Walks	8	12

ERA	3.70	4.70

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
News
	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	Ryan Johnson will start on Sunday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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	Ryan Johnson allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th	Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over four innings in Sunday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 6th
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out three over five innings in Monday’s loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
	The Cardinals optioned RHP Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Ryan Johnson allowed one hit and one walk while striking out a career-high eight over six scoreless innings on Tuesday, helping the Angels to a 5-1 win over the Orioles. David Leisering Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Ryan Johnson (2026)

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