Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	# 289
VBR	# 178	# 631

Projections

Strikeouts	26	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	3.02	4.42
WHIP	1.20	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 198

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	39

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	37.2	60.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	1

Saves	27	1

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	28	40

Earned Runs	7	14

Home Runs Allowed	1	6

Strikeouts	50	47

Walks	17	20

ERA	1.67	2.10

WHIP	1.19	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.3	18.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	14	19

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	26	15

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.02	4.42

WHIP	1.20	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday’s 5-4 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 31st	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out three batters while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Sat, May 9th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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