Who Should I Trade?

Tarik Skubal for Zebby Matthews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 129
VBR	# 14	# 419

Projections

Strikeouts	40	22
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.78	4.43
WHIP	1.01	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	# 137

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	# 120

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	# 166

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 92

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	18

Games Started	20	18

Innings Pitched	120.2	103.2

Wins	8	8

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	94	104

Earned Runs	39	56

Home Runs Allowed	12	19

Strikeouts	146	88

Walks	21	32

ERA	2.91	4.86

WHIP	0.95	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	33.2	23.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	24

Earned Runs	10	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	40	22

Walks	7	7

ERA	2.78	4.43

WHIP	1.01	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
News
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out 11 over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Pirates. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 23rd	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Monday's 9-6 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th
	Tarik Skubal allowed two runs, one earned, on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 17th	Zebby Matthews allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Monday's 6-5 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday's 7-5 win over the Orioles. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th
	Tarik Skubal will make his Dodgers home debut Monday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Zebby Matthews allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Tarik Skubal allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Tuesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th	Zebby Matthews was removed from Friday’s start against the Brewers due to a blister on his right foot. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#192	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Tarik Skubal for Zebby Matthews (2026)

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