Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for Tim Herrin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 332	# 368
VBR	# 755	# 522

Projections

Strikeouts	4	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	3.81
WHIP	1.29	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 439	# 431

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 275	# 353

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	57

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.2	47.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	15

Hits Allowed	34	34

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	31	43

Walks	16	24

ERA	6.18	3.21

WHIP	1.81	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.3	9.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	3	8

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	4	9

Walks	2	5

ERA	4.12	3.81

WHIP	1.29	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
News
	It is unclear if Phil Maton will return this season. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Guardians activated LHP Tim Herrin from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Phil Maton was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 19th	Tim Herrin is scheduled to make a rehab outing with Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Phil Maton has been diagnosed with a partially torn right patellar tendon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Guardians placed Tim Herrin on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Cubs reliever Phil Maton (knee) has been shut down from all activities for three weeks. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Tim Herrin underwent X-rays that came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
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			Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74

Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for Tim Herrin (2026)

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