Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 616	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	3.80
WHIP	1.38	1.27

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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	63.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	66	‐

Walks	31	‐

ERA	3.86	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.7	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	21	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.33	3.80

WHIP	1.38	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Will Johnston (2026)

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