Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Brenan Hanifee (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 306	# 369
VBR	# 576	# 672

Projections

Strikeouts	16	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.13
WHIP	1.37	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	# 353

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	# 468

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	21

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	69.2	20.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	53	21

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	71	8

Walks	32	6

ERA	3.62	3.98

WHIP	1.22	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.4	14.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	15	15

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	10

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.28	4.13

WHIP	1.37	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
		The Tigers optioned Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
		The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
		The Tigers have optioned right-hander Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th
		The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU			Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Brenan Hanifee (2026)

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