Who Should I Trade?

Richard Lovelady for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 544	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	18	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.23	4.60
WHIP	1.33	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	33

Games Started	10	5

Innings Pitched	58.2	30.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	1	9

Hits Allowed	57	34

Earned Runs	38	13

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	45	27

Walks	20	21

ERA	5.83	3.86

WHIP	1.31	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	21.6	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	6

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.23	4.60

WHIP	1.33	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Richard Lovelady for Steven Matz (2026)

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