Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 576	# 1042

Projections

Strikeouts	19	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.82
WHIP	1.37	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 273	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.9	5.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.12	4.82

WHIP	1.37	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
News
	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	The Twins have signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Matt Bowman opted out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Blue Jays signed RHP Matt Bowman to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Twins released Matt Bowman. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Matt Bowman has opted out of his minor league contract with the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL			Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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