Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	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	# 129	‐
VBR	# 385	# 693

Projections

Strikeouts	42	16
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.74	4.54
WHIP	1.36	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 92	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	34

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	76.0	54.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	76	52

Earned Runs	44	27

Home Runs Allowed	15	8

Strikeouts	59	43

Walks	24	19

ERA	5.21	4.45

WHIP	1.32	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	19.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	48	20

Earned Runs	24	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	42	16

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.74	4.54

WHIP	1.36	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th				@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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