Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	‐
VBR	# 55	# 1107

Projections

Strikeouts	66	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.13	5.47
WHIP	1.16	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	117.0	20.2

Wins	12	1

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	22

Earned Runs	27	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	143	17

Walks	26	6

ERA	2.08	3.92

WHIP	1.02	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	53.9	6.7

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	8

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	66	5

Walks	14	3

ERA	3.13	5.47

WHIP	1.16	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Blas Castano threw a scoreless inning on his rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Rockies right-hander Blas Castano (pectoral) threw his first bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to do so again on July 28. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Chris Sale (2026)

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