Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Jose Fermin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Fermin RP - LAA	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	# 323	‐
VBR	# 596	# 1111

Projections

Strikeouts	18	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	5.42
WHIP	1.46	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 257	‐

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


Games Played	33	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.1	20.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	26	22

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	42	17

Walks	19	6

ERA	2.72	3.92

WHIP	1.24	1.35

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


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.3	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	9

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.25	5.42

WHIP	1.46	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Fermin RP - LAA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Righthander Jose Fermin was called back up by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jun 15th	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Angels have optioned right-hander Jose Fermin to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Angels recalled RHP José Fermín from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	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
	Fermin appeared in 40 games for Los Angeles last season. He allowed five runs on four hits and four walks across 3.2 innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
		Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Fermin RP - LAA			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#393
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Jose Fermin (2026)

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