Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Matt Bowman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1107	# 924

Projections

Strikeouts	6	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.13	4.65
WHIP	1.55	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.92	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	5.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	6

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	5.13	4.65

WHIP	1.55	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Matt Bowman RP - MIN
News
	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 Twins have signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Matt Bowman opted out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Blue Jays signed RHP Matt Bowman to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Twins released Matt Bowman. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Blas Castano is hopeful to begin throwing by Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd	Matt Bowman has opted out of his minor league contract with the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
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			Matt Bowman RP - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#327
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Matt Bowman (2026)

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