Who Should I Trade?

Steven Matz for Steven Okert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 177	# 242
VBR	# 670	# 370

Projections

Strikeouts	9	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	3.63
WHIP	1.30	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 291

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 228	# 157

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Steven Okert RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	66

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	67.2	66.1

Wins	5	6

Losses	4	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	19

Hits Allowed	64	44

Earned Runs	45	16

Home Runs Allowed	14	7

Strikeouts	50	66

Walks	21	14

ERA	5.99	2.17

WHIP	1.26	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Steven Okert RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.6	10.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	11	8

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	11

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.25	3.63

WHIP	1.30	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Steven Okert RP - HOU
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Astros will have Steven Okert open against the Dodgers on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Steven Okert and the Houston Astros have avoided arbitration and Okert will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	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			Steven Okert RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Matz for Steven Okert (2026)

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