Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 567	# 751

Projections

Strikeouts	20	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.64
WHIP	1.34	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 294

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


Games Played	17	35

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	56.1	55.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	56	54

Earned Runs	38	28

Home Runs Allowed	12	8

Strikeouts	44	43

Walks	20	19

ERA	6.07	4.53

WHIP	1.35	1.31

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


Games Played	19	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	23.8	14.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	24	15

Earned Runs	12	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	12

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.35	4.64

WHIP	1.34	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
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 Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Steven Matz (2026)

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