Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 312	# 354
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	FA	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	# 382

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 238	# 327

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	40.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	13	7

Hits Allowed	38	50

Earned Runs	28	19

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	30	29

Walks	14	13

ERA	7.07	4.20

WHIP	1.46	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

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Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
News
	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Diamondbacks transferred RHP Ryan Thompson to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Matt Strahm allowed the only batter he faced to hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Mar 30th		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225
Tue, Mar 31st		vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Tue, Apr 7th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 10th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 21st		vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Sun, Apr 26th		vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, May 2nd		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sun, May 3rd		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Tue, May 5th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, May 6th		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, May 9th		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 10th		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Mon, May 11th		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, May 13th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, May 15th		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sat, May 16th		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sun, May 17th		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Mon, May 18th		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, May 19th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, May 20th		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st		vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Fri, May 22nd		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, May 23rd		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, May 24th		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 25th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Tue, May 26th		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, May 30th		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Mon, Jun 1st		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Jun 13th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Jun 14th		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th		vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Fri, Jun 19th		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Mon, Jun 22nd		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Wed, Jul 8th		@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Jul 21st		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th		@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd		vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th		vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sat, Aug 8th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Aug 10th		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Tue, Aug 11th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, Aug 12th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Fri, Aug 14th		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Mon, Aug 17th		@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, Aug 21st		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Aug 23rd		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Aug 24th		vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th		vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Wed, Aug 26th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th		@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th		@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#371
Mon, Aug 31st		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Sat, Sep 5th		@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Sun, Sep 6th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Sep 8th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Sep 9th		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Fri, Sep 11th		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Sep 12th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Sep 13th		vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Mon, Sep 14th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th		vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th		vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th		vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th		vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th		vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th		@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th		@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th		@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th		@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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