Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Josh Simpson (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 646	# 719

Projections

Strikeouts	19	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	4.33
WHIP	1.40	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	63.0	3.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	50	4

Earned Runs	27	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	66	3

Walks	31	2

ERA	3.86	9.00

WHIP	1.29	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	14.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	13

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	15

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.38	4.33

WHIP	1.40	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
		The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
		The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
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			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Josh Simpson (2026)

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