Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for Sean Guenther (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	# 609	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.91	4.19
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 258	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 439	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Sean Guenther RP - DET
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	Sean Guenther RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.7	4.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	10	5

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	4

Walks	5	2

ERA	3.91	4.19

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Sean Guenther RP - DET
News
	Cubs reliever Phil Maton (knee) has been shut down from all activities for three weeks. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Tigers have reassigned left-hander Sean Guenther to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Chicago Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the injured list with a recurring knee ailment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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			Sean Guenther RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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