Who Should I Trade?

Shaun Anderson for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Shaun Anderson RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 563	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	5
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.15
WHIP	1.39	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Shaun Anderson RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	16.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	26	17

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	47	12

Walks	25	8

ERA	2.30	5.94

WHIP	1.19	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Shaun Anderson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.7	6.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.22	4.15

WHIP	1.39	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Shaun Anderson RP - LAA
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Angels selected the contract of RHP Shaun Anderson from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Shaun Anderson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Angels designated Shaun Anderson for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	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	Shaun Anderson is with the Angels on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 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	The Angels signed Shaun Anderson to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Shaun Anderson RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM

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Shaun Anderson for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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