Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for Trevor Stephan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 322	‐
VBR	# 497	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.87	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 257	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 439	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	6.08	‐

WHIP	1.76	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.87	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
News
	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
	Phil Maton is expected to be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters on Saturday that Phil Maton will be activated from the injured list in the next day or two. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
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			Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ CIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BAL
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 (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for Trevor Stephan (2026)

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