Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for JP Sears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JP Sears SP - SD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 508	# 1107

Projections

Strikeouts	25	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.76	5.47
WHIP	1.37	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JP Sears SP - SD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	32.2	20.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	22

Earned Runs	17	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	25	17

Walks	11	6

ERA	4.68	3.92

WHIP	1.35	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JP Sears SP - SD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	6.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	8

Earned Runs	16	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	25	5

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.76	5.47

WHIP	1.37	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JP Sears SP - SD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	The Padres optioned LHP JP Sears to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Blas Castano threw a scoreless inning on his rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	JP Sears allowed three runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Thursday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	JP Sears allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	JP Sears may not make his scheduled start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	JP Sears allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JP Sears SP - SD			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for JP Sears (2026)

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