Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Jacob deGrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	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	# 11	# 307
VBR	# 64	# 576

Projections

Strikeouts	62	16
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	4.28
WHIP	1.06	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 10	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 13	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 395

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 12	# 228

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


Games Played	21	42

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	113.2	69.2

Wins	7	4

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	101	53

Earned Runs	50	28

Home Runs Allowed	16	9

Strikeouts	135	71

Walks	29	32

ERA	3.96	3.62

WHIP	1.14	1.22

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


Games Played	9	18

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	53.8	16.4

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	44	15

Earned Runs	20	8

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	62	16

Walks	12	7

ERA	3.34	4.28

WHIP	1.06	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Jacob deGrom allowed five earned runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out three over 3 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Jacob deGrom allowed one earned run on seven hits while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Jacob deGrom allowed five earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Jacob deGrom will start Monday's series opener against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Jacob deGrom will likely start his first game of the second half next week against the Chicago White Sox. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Jacob deGrom (2026)

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