Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Eric Orze (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 307	# 363
VBR	# 612	# 807

Projections

Strikeouts	8	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	4.41
WHIP	1.31	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	# 409

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	85.1	41.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	9	7

Hits Allowed	65	42

Earned Runs	29	26

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	86	36

Walks	35	21

ERA	3.06	5.66

WHIP	1.17	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.8	4.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	7	4

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.45	4.41

WHIP	1.31	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Eric Orze RP - MIN
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Eric Orze struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Apr 10th
		Orze posted a 3.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 40:19 K:BB across 41.2 innings in 33 appearances with Tampa Bay last season before being traded to Minnesota this offseason. He's struggled with his control this spring, allowing five runs over 6.2 innings with an 8:6 K:BB and a 6.75 ERA. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
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			Eric Orze RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#415	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#389
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#416	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Eric Orze (2026)

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