Who Should I Trade?

Shane Murphy for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 591	# 957

Projections

Strikeouts	22	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.54
WHIP	1.32	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	53.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	6.28	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	25.5	3.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	25	4

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	22	3

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.32	4.54

WHIP	1.32	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
News
	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
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th
	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
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Shane Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Murphy for Steven Matz (2026)

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