Who Should I Trade?

Quinn Mathews for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 387	# 607

Projections

Strikeouts	34	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.33
WHIP	1.38	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	1

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	31.0	5.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	6

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	33	3

Walks	14	3

ERA	5.81	3.60

WHIP	1.58	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	10

Games Started	6	4

Innings Pitched	32.9	23.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	21

Earned Runs	16	11

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	34	23

Walks	12	12

ERA	4.34	4.33

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
News
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Cardinals optioned LHP Quinn Mathews to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Quinn Mathews allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Quinn Mathews. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Quinn Mathews will be called up to make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Quinn Mathews for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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