Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	‐
VBR	# 1	# 1109

Projections

Strikeouts	19	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	5.44
WHIP	1.19	1.70

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	85.2	20.2

Wins	8	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	22

Earned Runs	17	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	95	17

Walks	26	6

ERA	1.79	3.92

WHIP	0.95	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	9

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	16.4	6.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	6	3

ERA	3.31	5.44

WHIP	1.19	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to begin catch play again in Chicago this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Blas Castano threw a scoreless inning on his rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#392
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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