Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Ryne Stanek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 318	# 354
VBR	‐	# 818

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	5
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.60
WHIP	‐	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	# 401

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 250	# 323

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	66

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	59.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	4	4

Holds	13	25

Hits Allowed	38	51

Earned Runs	28	28

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	30	62

Walks	14	29

ERA	7.07	4.27

WHIP	1.46	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	5

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.60

WHIP	‐	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
News
	Matt Strahm underwent successful surgery on his right knee. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Ryne Stanek struck out two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-1 win over the Pirates. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th
	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Ryne Stanek left Tuesday's game early against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Cardinals activated Ryne Stanek from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryne Stanek on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Ryne Stanek allowed three earned runs on three hits while striking out one batter to take the loss against the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237
Sun, Mar 29th		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Mon, Mar 30th		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 1st		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Tue, Apr 7th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Wed, Apr 8th		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Sun, Apr 12th		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 17th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Sat, Apr 18th		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 28th		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Apr 29th		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, May 2nd		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Mon, May 4th		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186
Wed, May 6th		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Thu, May 7th		@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, May 8th		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Sat, May 9th		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Sun, May 10th		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Tue, May 12th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Wed, May 13th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, May 14th		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Fri, May 15th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sat, May 16th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, May 17th		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Thu, May 21st		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 23rd		@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363
Mon, May 25th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Wed, May 27th		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186
Fri, May 29th		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, May 30th		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, May 31st		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#287
Mon, Jun 1st		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 5th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 7th		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Tue, Jun 9th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th		@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th		vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Tue, Jun 30th		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd		@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Mon, Jul 6th		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th		vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Jul 11th		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sun, Jul 19th		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Jul 21st		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sat, Jul 25th		vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th		vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Wed, Jul 29th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Fri, Jul 31st		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Aug 5th		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Fri, Aug 7th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Sat, Aug 8th		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sun, Aug 9th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Mon, Aug 10th		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Aug 12th		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th		@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sat, Aug 15th		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Mon, Aug 17th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Tue, Aug 18th		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, Aug 19th		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 20th		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Fri, Aug 21st		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 25th		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Wed, Aug 26th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Thu, Aug 27th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Fri, Aug 28th		vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th		vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Sun, Aug 30th		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Sep 1st		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd		@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Sep 4th		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Sat, Sep 5th		@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Sun, Sep 6th		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Mon, Sep 7th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Sep 8th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Wed, Sep 9th		@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 11th		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sat, Sep 12th		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151
Sun, Sep 13th		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#333
Mon, Sep 14th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Tue, Sep 15th		vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Wed, Sep 16th		vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144
Fri, Sep 18th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Sep 19th		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Sep 20th		vs WSH	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (1-0)	#315
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th		@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th		@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th		@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th		@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Ryne Stanek (2026)

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