Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Helsley for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	# 171
VBR	# 526	# 594

Projections

Strikeouts	11	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.40	4.32
WHIP	1.22	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 180

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	# 196

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	# 193

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	15

Games Started	0	10

Innings Pitched	15.1	53.0

Wins	0	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	13	55

Earned Runs	7	37

Home Runs Allowed	3	11

Strikeouts	21	41

Walks	9	19

ERA	4.11	6.28

WHIP	1.43	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	9.7	26.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	8	26

Earned Runs	4	13

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	11	22

Walks	4	8

ERA	3.40	4.32

WHIP	1.22	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
News
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	The Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley was unavailable on Wednesday against the White Sox due to right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Steven Matz allowed five runs on six hits and no walks while striking out two across 1.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Helsley for Steven Matz (2026)

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