Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Carlos Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 306	‐
VBR	# 641	# 953

Projections

Strikeouts	16	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.57
WHIP	1.40	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	67.1	9.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	53	10

Earned Runs	28	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	69	8

Walks	32	4

ERA	3.74	3.86

WHIP	1.26	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.8	6.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.35	4.57

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Carlos Rodriguez is scheduled to make his next rehab outing with Triple-A Nashville on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
		The Milwaukee Brewers reversed Carlos Rodriguez's May 31 option to Triple-A and placed him on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder impingement. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
		The Brewers optioned Carlos Rodriguez to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
		The Brewers recalled RHP Carlos Rodriguez from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
		The Brewers optioned Carlos Rodriguez to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
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			Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Carlos Rodriguez (2026)

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