Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 238	# 318
VBR	# 687	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.15	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	# 250

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	# 413

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	41

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	85.1	35.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	4

Holds	11	13

Hits Allowed	69	38

Earned Runs	28	28

Home Runs Allowed	3	12

Strikeouts	78	30

Walks	32	14

ERA	2.95	7.07

WHIP	1.18	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.15	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Matt Strahm RP - FA
News
	Sean Newcomb will open for the White Sox against the Guardians on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Matt Strahm underwent successful surgery on his right knee. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th
	Sean Newcomb will get the start in Wednesday’s game against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	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
		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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			Matt Strahm RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#178
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#373
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#148
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#219
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#79
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#236
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#276
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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