Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Dylan Cease (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	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	# 16	‐
VBR	# 73	# 1140

Projections

Strikeouts	93	6
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.47	5.51
WHIP	1.23	1.64

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	98.1	20.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	22

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	148	17

Walks	44	6

ERA	2.56	3.92

WHIP	1.13	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	71.7	8.8

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	10

Earned Runs	28	5

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	93	6

Walks	29	3

ERA	3.47	5.51

WHIP	1.23	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Blas Castano is hopeful to begin throwing by Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Rockies left-hander Blas Castano (pec) has yet to resume throwing. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed two earned runs with four walks against eight strikeouts in a no-decision against the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 23rd	The Rockies recalled RHP Blas Castaño from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Dylan Cease (2026)

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