Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for RJ Petit (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	RJ Petit RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	# 665	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.92	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 258	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 439	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	RJ Petit RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	6.18	‐

WHIP	1.81	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	RJ Petit RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.92	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	RJ Petit RP - COL
News
	Cubs reliever Phil Maton (knee) has been shut down from all activities for three weeks. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Rockies transferred RHP RJ Petit to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 26th
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	RJ Petit underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	The Chicago Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Petit (elbow) was selected in the Rule 5 Draft by Colorado. A UCL sprain has been diagnosed in his right elbow. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the injured list with a recurring knee ailment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	RJ Petit is dealing with forearm tightness and will wait until the inflammation subsides before undergoing an MRI. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Mar 7th
	The Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Phil Maton RP - CHC			RJ Petit RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for RJ Petit (2026)

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