Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 538	# 1085

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.85
WHIP	1.34	1.56

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	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	2

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	3.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	55	3

Earned Runs	35	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	41	2

Walks	21	2

ERA	7.27	3.00

WHIP	1.75	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	10.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	10

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.68	4.85

WHIP	1.34	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
News
	The Cardinals optioned Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Marlins optioned Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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 Marlins optioned RHP Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	The Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th	Zach Brzykcy was optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville by the Miami Marlins on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH

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Matt Svanson for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

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