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AJ Blubaugh for Nestor Cortes Jr. (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU  | Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 309 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 637 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 21 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.37 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.40 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 395 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 228 | ‐ |
| AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU | Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 37 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 62.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 4 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 5 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 47 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 25 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 63 | ‐ |
| Walks | 31 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.63 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.26 | ‐ |
| AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU | Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 24 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 21.7 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Losses | 1 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 4 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 20 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 11 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 21 | ‐ |
| Walks | 9 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.37 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.40 | ‐ |
| AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU | Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA | |
| News | ||
| The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU | Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (8-6) | #47 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #142 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-6) | #36 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-5) | ||||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (4-3) | #24 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-6) | #141 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #64 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-9) | #183 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #367 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #204 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (3-3) | #437 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (2-8) | #277 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #430 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (6-4) | #92 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (3-8) | #65 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (7-6) | #8 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ SEA | George Kirby (7-8) | #18 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #430 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #435 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs COL | Juan Mejia | ||||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #130 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (10-6) | #137 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-6) | #120 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (4-6) | #112 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CLE | Parker Messick (8-5) | #41 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (3-9) | #44 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-4) | #67 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (3-7) | #46 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #309 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-9) | #70 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (7-2) | #134 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (5-3) | #104 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #143 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (4-3) | #24 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6) | #12 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #63 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (3-2) | #101 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (11-1) | #22 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-5) | #90 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs SEA | George Kirby (7-8) | #18 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (7-6) | #13 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-4) | #34 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (3-8) | #65 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | #114 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-5) | #9 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (9-7) | #17 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | @ MIN | Kendry Rojas (1-1) | #227 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-6) | #109 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (6-5) | #14 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #119 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CHC | Colin Rea (7-6) | #194 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (5-8) | #30 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-8) | #103 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | #114 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-5) | #9 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (9-7) | #17 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-1) | #257 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (3-4) | #125 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (10-4) | #6 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (3-8) | #129 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (8-8) | #3 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs PIT | Jared Jones (2-1) | #60 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs ATH | Jack Perkins (2-5) | #108 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs ATH | Kade Morris (0-1) | #349 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs ATH | Gage Jump (3-5) | #99 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (3-3) | #96 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (5-7) | #272 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (3-6) | #36 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ KC | Luinder Avila (4-3) | #226 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (5-7) | #77 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (4-3) | #177 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs DET | Drew Anderson | #102 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (5-6) | #29 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #39 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (3-9) | #44 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-4) | #83 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (4-6) | #112 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (6-4) | #10 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TOR | Shane Bieber (1-1) | #74 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (4-4) | #84 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ DET | Troy Melton (5-1) | #106 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ DET | Keider Montero (6-5) | #157 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (5-6) | #29 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #54 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-6) | #109 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-5) | #14 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #48 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TB | Nick Martinez (8-2) | #88 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (7-5) | #20 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TB | Mason Englert (0-3) | #146 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (3-7) | #312 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-3) | #149 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (10-2) | #62 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TEX | Cal Quantrill (3-2) | #319 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-8) | #103 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-8) | #37 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (1-2) | #81 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (6-7) | #78 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (7-2) | #134 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (4-5) | #110 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips (2-4) | #276 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (10-5) | #55 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #100 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (6-4) | #87 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (5-6) | #405 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (5-7) | #272 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAA | |||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs TEX | |||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs TEX | |||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs TOR | |||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SD | |||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SD | |||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ SF | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SEA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SEA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SEA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs LAA | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs LAA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs LAA | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs ATH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs ATH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ NYY | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ NYM | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ NYM | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs CWS | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ PHI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ PHI | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ TB | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ TB | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ TB | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs KC | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs KC | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SEA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SEA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATH | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ ATH | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ ATH | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ ATH | |||||
