Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1109	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.45	7.03
WHIP	1.61	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	7.6	1.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	1

Walks	3	1

ERA	5.45	7.03

WHIP	1.61	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
News
	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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
	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
	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL			Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#415	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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