Who Should I Trade?

Trevor McDonald for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	# 337
VBR	‐	# 572

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	17
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.18
WHIP	‐	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	# 285

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	32

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	70.1	43.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	69	26

Earned Runs	40	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	57	47

Walks	23	25

ERA	5.12	2.30

WHIP	1.31	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	20

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	16.8

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	4

Hits Allowed	‐	14

Earned Runs	‐	8

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	17

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.18

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#364	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#161	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Trevor McDonald for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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