Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Franco Aleman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 483	# 1101

Projections

Strikeouts	13	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.91	5.29
WHIP	1.36	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.1	20.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	12	22

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	17	17

Walks	5	6

ERA	3.77	3.92

WHIP	1.19	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.7	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	10

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	6

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.91	5.29

WHIP	1.36	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Blas Castano threw a scoreless inning on his rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	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
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#322
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#370
Sun, Jun 14th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Franco Aleman (2026)

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