Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Walker for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Ryan Walker RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	# 221
VBR	# 614	# 600

Projections

Strikeouts	23	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	3.89
WHIP	1.33	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	# 206

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 458

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	# 159

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


Games Played	15	27

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	26.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	55	33

Earned Runs	37	22

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	41	19

Walks	19	15

ERA	6.28	7.52

WHIP	1.40	1.82

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


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	17.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	27	16

Earned Runs	13	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	17

Walks	8	7

ERA	4.33	3.89

WHIP	1.33	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Ryan Walker RP - SF
News
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	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 Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd
	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	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 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
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Ryan Walker RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#270	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Walker for Steven Matz (2026)

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