Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Jose Butto (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 306	‐
VBR	# 602	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.1	2.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	53	6

Earned Runs	28	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	70	5

Walks	32	4

ERA	3.69	22.50

WHIP	1.24	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
		José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
		José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
		The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
		Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
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			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Jose Butto (2026)

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