Who Should I Trade?

Tanner Rainey for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 337	‐
VBR	# 572	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.35
WHIP	1.38	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	2.30	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.8	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	14	3

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	3

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.18	4.35

WHIP	1.38	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Tigers have reassigned right-hander Tanner Rainey to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	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
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Tanner Rainey RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

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