Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Bryce Elder (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 309
VBR	# 398	# 616

Projections

Strikeouts	53	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	4.33
WHIP	1.41	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 202	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 164	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	38

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	108.2	63.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	101	50

Earned Runs	49	27

Home Runs Allowed	17	8

Strikeouts	90	66

Walks	33	31

ERA	4.06	3.86

WHIP	1.23	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	24

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	63.8	21.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	67	20

Earned Runs	34	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	53	21

Walks	21	9

ERA	4.75	4.33

WHIP	1.41	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four over six-plus innings in Monday's 3-2 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Bryce Elder will start Monday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
	Bryce Elder allowed five runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 28th
	Bryce Elder gave up eight runs on 12 hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Bryce Elder (2026)

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