Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Ronel Blanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 206	‐
VBR	# 729	# 603

Projections

Strikeouts	32	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.98	4.29
WHIP	1.45	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 208	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 141	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 250	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 457	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	65.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	51	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	7.06	‐

WHIP	1.65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	7	3

Innings Pitched	39.2	22.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	20

Earned Runs	22	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	32	22

Walks	14	9

ERA	4.98	4.29

WHIP	1.45	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	The Phillies optioned Andrew Painter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Andrew Painter allowed five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's 6-0 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 13th	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Andrew Painter surrendered six runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	Ronel Blanco is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Tuesday in Double-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Andrew Painter gave up four runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 3 1/3 innings in Sunday's 9-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 1st	Ronel Blanco will make a rehab start Thursday at Double-A Corpus Christi. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Andrew Painter allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 25th	The Astros sent RHP Ronel Blanco on a rehab assignment to Rookie League-FCL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#70	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#279	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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