Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Taylor Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 361	‐
VBR	# 599	# 1107

Projections

Strikeouts	14	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	5.21
WHIP	1.31	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 354	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 354	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	20.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	34	22

Earned Runs	12	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	26	17

Walks	9	6

ERA	2.19	3.92

WHIP	0.87	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	7.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	5

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.35	5.21

WHIP	1.31	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	The Diamondbacks activated Taylor Clarke from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Diamondbacks placed Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Taylor Clarke to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Taylor Clarke (2026)

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