Who Should I Trade?

Steven Matz for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 174	‐
VBR	# 563	# 752

Projections

Strikeouts	21	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.32
WHIP	1.33	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	6

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	3.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	55	5

Earned Runs	37	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	41	6

Walks	19	0

ERA	6.28	5.40

WHIP	1.40	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	24.7	12.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	25	12

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	11

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.27	4.32

WHIP	1.33	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Angels optioned RHP Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Tayler Saucedo has been recalled to the big-league club by the Angels. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Angels recalled Tayler Saucedo from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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 Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Matz for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

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