Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Helsley for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 113	# 336
VBR	# 533	# 577

Projections

Strikeouts	11	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.50	4.18
WHIP	1.24	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	# 285

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	35.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	13	23

Earned Runs	7	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	21	38

Walks	9	21

ERA	4.11	2.57

WHIP	1.43	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.3	22.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	8	19

Earned Runs	4	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	11	23

Walks	4	11

ERA	3.50	4.18

WHIP	1.24	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	The Orioles transferred Ryan Helsley to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Helsley for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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