Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Will Childers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 567	# 1027

Projections

Strikeouts	19	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	5.20
WHIP	1.33	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 379	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	42.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	6.86	‐

WHIP	1.69	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.73	5.20

WHIP	1.33	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Will Childers RP - MIL
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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Will Childers RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

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