Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for David Morgan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 307	# 367
VBR	# 519	# 738

Projections

Strikeouts	9	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	3.88
WHIP	1.37	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	# 351

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	David Morgan RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	84.1	23.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	9	1

Hits Allowed	63	30

Earned Runs	29	13

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	86	28

Walks	34	15

ERA	3.09	5.09

WHIP	1.15	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	David Morgan RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	9.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	10

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.26	3.88

WHIP	1.37	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	David Morgan RP - SD
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Padres activated RHP David Morgan from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
		David Morgan resumed his rehab assignment with Triple-A El Paso on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
		David Morgan suffered a setback on his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		The Padres have placed right-hander David Morgan on the 15-day injured list due to left knee inflammation. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
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			David Morgan RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for David Morgan (2026)

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