Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Matt Gage RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 324	# 374
VBR	# 1024	# 959

Projections

Strikeouts	6	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	4.40
WHIP	1.46	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 353	# 357

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 277	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	27.1

Wins	1	4

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	16	28

Earned Runs	8	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	6

Strikeouts	16	22

Walks	12	17

ERA	3.60	5.60

WHIP	1.40	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.4	8.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	7

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.70	4.40

WHIP	1.46	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Matt Gage RP - SF
News
	The Astros traded Nate Pearson to the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nate Pearson RP - KC			Matt Gage RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Nate Pearson (2026)

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