Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Griffin Jax (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 100	‐
VBR	# 254	# 1107

Projections

Strikeouts	41	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	5.21
WHIP	1.24	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 144	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 160	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	10

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	86.2	20.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	76	22

Earned Runs	35	9

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	92	17

Walks	30	6

ERA	3.63	3.92

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	37.4	7.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	8

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	41	5

Walks	12	3

ERA	3.71	5.21

WHIP	1.24	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Griffin Jax allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and three walks while striking out 10 across 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 loss against the Texas Rangers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Griffin Jax allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, taking the loss in a 10-0 defeat. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 17th	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Griffin Jax will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Griffin Jax allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 across five innings in Monday's 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Griffin Jax (2026)

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