Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Taylor Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 318	# 362
VBR	‐	# 590

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	5
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.11
WHIP	‐	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	# 354

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 250	# 362

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	63

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	35.2	64.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	4	2

Holds	13	13

Hits Allowed	38	45

Earned Runs	28	18

Home Runs Allowed	12	6

Strikeouts	30	38

Walks	14	12

ERA	7.07	2.53

WHIP	1.46	0.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	5

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.11

WHIP	‐	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
News
	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Diamondbacks activated Taylor Clarke from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Diamondbacks placed Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 Diamondbacks signed RHP Taylor Clarke to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - FA	Taylor Clarke 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 (7-13)	#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 (10-9)	#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 (10-11)	#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 (6-7)	#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 (11-9)	#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 (5-6)	#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 (9-10)	#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 (10-9)	#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 (6-10)	#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 (10-9)	#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 (9-6)	#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 (6-7)	#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 (8-8)	#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	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Wed, Sep 16th		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
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 Taylor Clarke (2026)

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