Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 553	# 768

Projections

Strikeouts	21	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.54
WHIP	1.31	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	# 294

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

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


Games Played	36	30

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	39.2	48.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	46	46

Earned Runs	29	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	40	38

Walks	19	18

ERA	6.58	4.62

WHIP	1.64	1.32

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


Games Played	25	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	18.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	19	19

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.68	4.54

WHIP	1.31	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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
	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
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	The Cardinals optioned RHP Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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 Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
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
Sat, Jun 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

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