Who Should I Trade?

Michael Grove for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Michael Grove RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 174	‐
VBR	# 558	# 489

Projections

Strikeouts	21	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.18
WHIP	1.33	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	1

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	3.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	55	1

Earned Runs	37	0

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	41	4

Walks	19	0

ERA	6.28	0.00

WHIP	1.40	0.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	24.7	18.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	25	17

Earned Runs	12	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	19

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.27	4.18

WHIP	1.33	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Michael Grove RP - TB
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Michael Grove RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Grove for Steven Matz (2026)

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