Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Lucas Sims (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 618	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.33	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	# 423

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	65.0	10.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	51	9

Earned Runs	27	5

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	68	10

Walks	32	7

ERA	3.74	4.50

WHIP	1.28	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.33	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
		Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
		The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
		The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
		Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU			Lucas Sims RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Lucas Sims (2026)

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