Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Welinton Herrera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 287	‐
VBR	# 507	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	7.03
WHIP	1.23	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.0	2.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	13	0

Hits Allowed	35	2

Earned Runs	26	0

Home Runs Allowed	10	0

Strikeouts	28	2

Walks	14	1

ERA	6.88	0.00

WHIP	1.44	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.6	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	17	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.01	7.03

WHIP	1.23	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
News
	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	Welinton Herrera will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Welinton Herrera is receiving a second opinion on his UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	Matt Strahm allowed one earned run on one hit with no walks and no strikeouts in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Welinton Herrera (elbow) has been transferred to the 60-day IL by the Colorado Rockies. The move allows an open spot on the 40-man roster for righthander TJ Shook, who was called up on Monday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	Matt Strahm threw 10 pitches in a scoreless appearance in Thursday's 8-6 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 5th	The Rockies placed Welinton Herrera on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Royals activated Matt Strahm from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Rockies recalled LHP Welinton Herrera from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Strahm RP - KC			Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Strahm for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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