Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	# 147
VBR	# 444	# 370

Projections

Strikeouts	23	27
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.32
WHIP	1.36	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	# 162

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	# 150

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	26

Games Started	18	26

Innings Pitched	103.2	129.0

Wins	8	5

Losses	8	12

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	144

Earned Runs	56	78

Home Runs Allowed	19	23

Strikeouts	88	132

Walks	32	45

ERA	4.86	5.44

WHIP	1.31	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	4	6

Innings Pitched	24.6	30.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	30

Earned Runs	12	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	23	27

Walks	7	10

ERA	4.50	4.32

WHIP	1.36	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL
News
	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Monday's 9-6 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Matthew Liberatore allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over four innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th
	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Reds. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th
	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday's 7-5 win over the Orioles. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th	Matthew Liberatore allowed two earned runs on two hits and one walk while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th
	Zebby Matthews allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th
	Zebby Matthews was removed from Friday’s start against the Brewers due to a blister on his right foot. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Matthew Liberatore SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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