Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Spencer Bivens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 538	# 648

Projections

Strikeouts	15	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.16
WHIP	1.34	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 380	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	2

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	2.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	55	3

Earned Runs	35	0

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	41	3

Walks	21	1

ERA	7.27	0.00

WHIP	1.75	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	15.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	14	15

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	12

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.68	4.16

WHIP	1.34	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
News
	The Cardinals optioned Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Giants optioned Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Matt Svanson entered a tie game in the tenth inning and gave up three runs, two earned, on two hits while recording only one out. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Giants are calling up Spencer Bivens. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Giants have optioned right-hander Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Spencer Bivens RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

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