Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 309	# 367
VBR	# 623	# 622

Projections

Strikeouts	19	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.46
WHIP	1.39	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	# 348

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	65.0	31.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	51	26

Earned Runs	27	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	68	29

Walks	32	12

ERA	3.74	4.35

WHIP	1.28	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	16.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	19	18

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.36	4.46

WHIP	1.39	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
		Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
		Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
		Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
		The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
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			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#289
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

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