Who Should I Trade?

Riley Gowens for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	‐
VBR	# 365	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	42	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.69	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	76.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	76	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	5.21	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	47.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.69	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
News
	Zebby Matthews allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over six innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th
	Zebby Matthews allowed eight earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out four over three innings in Sunday's 10-1 loss to the Cubs Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 20th
	Zebby Matthews will start on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Angels. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th
	Zebby Matthews is slated to start Friday's contest against the Los Angeles Angels. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN			Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Riley Gowens for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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