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Blas Castano for Luinder Avila (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Luinder Avila RP - KC  | Blas Castano SP,RP - COL  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 720 | # 1128 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 34 | 15 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.27 | 5.33 |
| WHIP | 1.45 | 1.63 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 234 | ‐ |
| Luinder Avila RP - KC | Blas Castano SP,RP - COL | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 10 | 5 |
| Games Started | 1 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 21.1 | 11.0 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 27 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 12 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 20 | 10 |
| Walks | 12 | 4 |
| ERA | 5.06 | 4.91 |
| WHIP | 1.83 | 1.45 |
| Luinder Avila RP - KC | Blas Castano SP,RP - COL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 25 |
| Games Started | 2 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 39.2 | 21.3 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 25 |
| Earned Runs | 19 | 13 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 34 | 15 |
| Walks | 17 | 8 |
| ERA | 4.27 | 5.33 |
| WHIP | 1.45 | 1.63 |
| Luinder Avila RP - KC | Blas Castano SP,RP - COL | |
| News | ||
| Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila is being moved to the rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th | The Rockies recalled RHP Blas Castaño from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st | |
| The Royals recalled Luinder Avila from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | The Rockies optioned Blas Castano to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| The Royals optioned RHP Luinder Avila to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th | The Rockies recalled Blas Castano from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | |
| Luinder Avila allowed five runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts in the loss against the Brewers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 5th | The Rockies claimed RHP Blas Castaño off waivers from the Mariners. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st | |
| Avila allowed just two earned runs across 14 innings at the end of last season and carried that into spring, giving up one run over four Cactus League frames. Despite the strong showing, he was unable to secure a spot in Kansas City's Opening Day bullpen. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st | The Mariners designated Blas Castano for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Luinder Avila RP - KC | Blas Castano SP,RP - COL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ TOR | Cody Ponce (0-0) | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #396 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #258 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 | @ SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #138 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ HOU | Colton Gordon (0-0) | #295 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs TEX | Tyler Alexander (1-1) | #164 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs PIT | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TB | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | |||||
