Who Should I Trade?

William Kempner for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 574	# 806

Projections

Strikeouts	22	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.64
WHIP	1.39	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.0	12.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	24	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	41	14

Walks	23	4

ERA	2.61	2.92

WHIP	1.24	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	8

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.12	4.64

WHIP	1.39	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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 Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			William Kempner RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

William Kempner for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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