Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Matt Gage RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 375
VBR	# 267	# 970

Projections

Strikeouts	40	5
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.25
WHIP	1.32	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	# 360

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	34

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	82.0	27.1

Wins	8	4

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	72	28

Earned Runs	28	17

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	79	22

Walks	17	17

ERA	3.07	5.60

WHIP	1.09	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	5

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	40.4	5.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	5

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	40	5

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.13	4.25

WHIP	1.32	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Matt Gage RP - SF
News
	Michael Soroka threw 57 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Giants transferred LHP Matt Gage to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said his “gut feel” is that Michael Soroka will need only one minor league rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Michael Soroka will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Matt Gage RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Michael Soroka (2026)

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