Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	# 324
VBR	# 544	# 743

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.07	4.58
WHIP	1.24	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	# 277

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	# 352

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.1	20.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	34	16

Earned Runs	25	8

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	25	16

Walks	13	12

ERA	7.18	3.60

WHIP	1.50	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	19.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	20	18

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	7	9

ERA	4.07	4.58

WHIP	1.24	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
News
	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Matt Strahm struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Matt Strahm allowed one earned run on one hit with no walks and no strikeouts in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Matt Strahm threw 10 pitches in a scoreless appearance in Thursday's 8-6 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 5th	Nate Pearson could be activated ahead of Monday's series opener against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Royals activated Matt Strahm from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Astros manager Joe Espada said Nate Pearson will pitch in a rehab game on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - KC			Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Nate Pearson (2026)

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