Who Should I Trade?

Steven Matz for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 592	# 915

Projections

Strikeouts	22	14
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.76
WHIP	1.32	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	10

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	10.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	55	14

Earned Runs	37	11

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	41	9

Walks	19	10

ERA	6.28	9.90

WHIP	1.40	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	25.6	13.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	25	13

Earned Runs	12	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	14

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.31	4.76

WHIP	1.32	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Tampa Bay Rays are moving Steven Matz into a bullpen role "for now." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jun 6th	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
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			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Matz for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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