Who Should I Trade?

Pete Fairbanks for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 63	# 176
VBR	# 257	# 567

Projections

Strikeouts	20	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.67	4.35
WHIP	1.24	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	# 196

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 47	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 158	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	18

Games Started	1	10

Innings Pitched	35.1	57.1

Wins	3	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	17	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	32	56

Earned Runs	25	38

Home Runs Allowed	8	12

Strikeouts	47	44

Walks	16	20

ERA	6.37	5.97

WHIP	1.36	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.0	23.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	15	24

Earned Runs	7	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	20

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.67	4.35

WHIP	1.24	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets to record his 17th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets to record his 16th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Wednesday to record his 15th save of the season in an 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning on Tuesday to earn his 14th save of the season in a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Pete Fairbanks allowed one hit while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#362	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Pete Fairbanks for Steven Matz (2026)

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