Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Matt Svanson RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 233	# 384
VBR	# 426	# 566

Projections

Strikeouts	25	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.78	3.70
WHIP	1.37	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	# 437

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	37

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	55.0	40.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	7	2

Hits Allowed	40	46

Earned Runs	15	29

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	53	40

Walks	19	19

ERA	2.45	6.42

WHIP	1.07	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	21.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	24	19

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	25	21

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.78	3.70

WHIP	1.37	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Matt Svanson RP - STL
News
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			Matt Svanson RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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