Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Sam Benschoter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 306	‐
VBR	# 630	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	7.03
WHIP	1.39	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	67.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	53	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	69	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	3.74	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.5	1.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.43	7.03

WHIP	1.39	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU			Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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