Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 318	‐
VBR	‐	# 694

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.45
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 250	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	13	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	7.07	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	3.45

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
News
	Matt Strahm underwent successful surgery on his right knee. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	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	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th		@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Apr 5th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Tue, Apr 7th		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175
Fri, Apr 17th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Sat, Apr 18th		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 19th		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Mon, Apr 20th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Tue, Apr 28th		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 30th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, May 1st		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, May 2nd		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 3rd		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 4th		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th		vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165
Wed, May 6th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Fri, May 8th		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175
Sat, May 9th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sun, May 10th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Fri, May 15th		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 16th		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173
Sun, May 17th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, May 18th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Tue, May 19th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Wed, May 20th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Thu, May 21st		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Fri, May 22nd		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Tue, May 26th		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Thu, May 28th		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Fri, May 29th		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219
Sat, May 30th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sun, May 31st		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Mon, Jun 1st		@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299
Thu, Jun 11th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Fri, Jun 12th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Thu, Jun 25th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jun 26th		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Sat, Jun 27th		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Sun, Jun 28th		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Tue, Jun 30th		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Sun, Jul 5th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Jul 8th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Thu, Jul 9th		vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, Jul 11th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 17th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Jul 18th		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st		@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd		vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Fri, Jul 24th		vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#397
Sat, Jul 25th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Tue, Jul 28th		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sat, Aug 1st		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Wed, Aug 5th		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th		@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Tue, Aug 11th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th		vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151
Sat, Aug 15th		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sun, Aug 16th		vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Mon, Aug 17th		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Tue, Aug 18th		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Aug 19th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Mon, Aug 24th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Wed, Aug 26th		vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Fri, Aug 28th		vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sat, Aug 29th		vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Sun, Aug 30th		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st		@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th		@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Sep 5th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Tue, Sep 8th		vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Fri, Sep 11th		vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Sat, Sep 12th		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Sun, Sep 13th		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Mon, Sep 14th		@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Sep 15th		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169
Wed, Sep 16th		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Thu, Sep 17th		@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Sep 18th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Sat, Sep 19th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sun, Sep 20th		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Mon, Sep 21st		vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th		vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th		vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th		vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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