Who Should I Trade?

Nick Anderson for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 169	‐
VBR	# 617	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.35	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Nick Anderson RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	53.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	6.28	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Nick Anderson RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	24.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Nick Anderson RP - ATH
News
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Nick Anderson has announced his retirement from professional baseball. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 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			Nick Anderson RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#289
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Anderson for Steven Matz (2026)

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