Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Jose Butto (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1107	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.47	‐
WHIP	1.67	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.92	22.50

WHIP	1.35	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.7	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	5.47	‐

WHIP	1.67	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	Blas Castano threw a scoreless inning on his rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Jose Butto (2026)

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