Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Svanson RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 169	# 384
VBR	# 617	# 586

Projections

Strikeouts	21	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	3.81
WHIP	1.35	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 437

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	39

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	53.0	42.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	55	50

Earned Runs	37	32

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	41	40

Walks	19	21

ERA	6.28	6.86

WHIP	1.40	1.69

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	22

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	24.0	19.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	24	17

Earned Runs	12	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	19

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.35	3.81

WHIP	1.35	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Svanson RP - STL
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Cardinals recalled RHP Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Cardinals optioned RHP Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Matt Svanson RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#289	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Steven Matz (2026)

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