Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Freddy Peralta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	# 309
VBR	# 192	# 634

Projections

Strikeouts	72	21
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	4.34
WHIP	1.31	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 51	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 46	# 395

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 23	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	36

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	104.1	60.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	105	46

Earned Runs	52	25

Home Runs Allowed	15	7

Strikeouts	104	60

Walks	44	30

ERA	4.49	3.75

WHIP	1.43	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	25

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	70.0	22.3

Wins	5	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	61	20

Earned Runs	32	11

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	72	21

Walks	28	10

ERA	4.09	4.34

WHIP	1.31	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Freddy Peralta allowed two earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Freddy Peralta allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	Freddy Peralta took the loss Wednesday against the Blue Jays after allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks over four innings. He struck out four. Toronto scored four times with two outs in the third inning, highlighted by Sean Keys’ first career home run. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd
	Freddy Peralta did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Cubs after allowing three unearned runs on five hits and one walk over 5.2 innings. He struck out five and opened the outing with five scoreless frames before Chicago scored three times following an error in the sixth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 26th
	Freddy Peralta allowed 10 earned runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out two over 2 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Freddy Peralta (2026)

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