Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Jared Shuster (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Jared Shuster RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1104	# 1014

Projections

Strikeouts	6	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.13	4.61
WHIP	1.55	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	9.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	11

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	17	4

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.92	9.00

WHIP	1.35	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	4

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	3	1

ERA	5.13	4.61

WHIP	1.55	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Jared Shuster RP - STL
News
	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jared Shuster was designated for assignment ahead of Wednesday's game against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	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	The Cardinals recalled Jared Shuster from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Jared Shuster was assigned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cardinals designated Jared Shuster for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Cardinals sent LHP Jared Shuster outright to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL			Jared Shuster RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Jared Shuster (2026)

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