Who Should I Trade?

Yariel Rodriguez for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 582	# 886

Projections

Strikeouts	19	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.16
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	9.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	25	12

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	45	6

Walks	24	7

ERA	2.38	7.71

WHIP	1.18	2.04

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	8

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.19	4.16

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
News
	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Yariel Rodriguez cleared waivers on Friday and was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
	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 Blue Jays designated Yariel Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Yariel Rodriguez will fill a 1-2 inning role out of Blue Jays bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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 Blue Jays selected the contract of Yariel Rodriguez. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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 Blue Jays are calling right-hander Yariel Rodríguez back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yuki Matsui RP - SD			Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Yariel Rodriguez for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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