Who Should I Trade?

Payton Tolle for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 46	# 337
VBR	# 208	# 560

Projections

Strikeouts	46	18
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.20
WHIP	1.24	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 59	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 285

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	31

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	101.0	41.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	88	25

Earned Runs	39	11

Home Runs Allowed	12	5

Strikeouts	110	45

Walks	29	24

ERA	3.48	2.38

WHIP	1.16	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	20

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	17.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	39	15

Earned Runs	19	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	46	18

Walks	14	8

ERA	3.93	4.20

WHIP	1.24	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, May 9th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Payton Tolle for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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