Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1107	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.21	3.92
WHIP	1.63	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
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	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	7.3	2.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	5.21	3.92

WHIP	1.63	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
News
	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Rays reassigned RHP T.J. Nichols to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	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
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			T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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