Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Brent Headrick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 175	# 310
VBR	# 385	# 566

Projections

Strikeouts	8	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.57	4.09
WHIP	1.16	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	# 401

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 264	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	73	56

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	72.1	88.2

Wins	7	5

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	26	10

Hits Allowed	62	70

Earned Runs	15	31

Home Runs Allowed	4	11

Strikeouts	91	89

Walks	21	35

ERA	1.87	3.15

WHIP	1.15	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.2	6.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	6	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	7

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.57	4.09

WHIP	1.16	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
		The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#394
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#393
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Brent Headrick (2026)

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