Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Carter Baumler (2026)

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

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 634	# 1051

Projections

Strikeouts	21	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.95
WHIP	1.39	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	5.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	46	4

Earned Runs	25	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	60	6

Walks	30	6

ERA	3.75	3.18

WHIP	1.27	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.3	8.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	8

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	7

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.34	4.95

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
		The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
		Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
		The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
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			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Carter Baumler (2026)

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