Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 634	# 546

Projections

Strikeouts	21	36
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.74
WHIP	1.39	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	# 229

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	60.0	3.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	46	6

Earned Runs	25	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	60	1

Walks	30	2

ERA	3.75	12.27

WHIP	1.27	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	8

Games Started	0	8

Innings Pitched	22.3	43.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	44

Earned Runs	11	23

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	21	36

Walks	10	15

ERA	4.34	4.74

WHIP	1.39	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
		Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
		Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
		Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
		Justin Verlander has been scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday with a hamstring injury and is expected to miss weeks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
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			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Justin Verlander (2026)

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