AJ Blubaugh or Drew Rasmussen

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AJ Blubaugh or Drew Rasmussen Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	42

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	117.1	69.2

Wins	10	4

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	88	53

Earned Runs	38	28

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	122	71

Walks	20	32

ERA	2.91	3.62

WHIP	0.92	1.22

AJ Blubaugh or Drew Rasmussen Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	29

Games Started	30	3

Innings Pitched	152.9	43.2

Wins	10	2

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	137	40

Earned Runs	60	23

Home Runs Allowed	17	7

Strikeouts	137	40

Walks	40	19

ERA	3.54	4.76

WHIP	1.16	1.35

AJ Blubaugh or Drew Rasmussen Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed four hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Drew Rasmussen allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out nine across seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five across five innings in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
	Everyone seems to be forgetting the Rays are moving back into their spacious, pitcher-friendly ballpark in 2026 and ranking Drew Rasmussen way too low. He gave up more than 1.0 HR/9 for the first time in his career, but allowed twice as many at home in George Steinbrenner Field, which he won't have to deal with this season. His strikeout rate is middle of the road at 21.7%, but his walk rate is an impressive 6.3%, offering a WHIP below 1.10 every year of his career. He started 31 games last season, and even though his xERA (3.43) was higher than his actual (2.76), his ERA and FIP numbers from the previous two years, when he got to pitch at Tropicana Field, were stellar. It's worth it to target all of the Rays pitchers, but Rasmussen leads the way and would make a solid SP3 or SP4 on any fantasy pitching staff. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
	The only thing preventing Rasmussen from entering the top 15 starter realm is the start-to-start load management, which is not projected to change. However, you'll get consistently good starts and great ratios, although the lack of innings pitched will cap his upside. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

AJ Blubaugh or Drew Rasmussen Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#170	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#262
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET