Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	# 293
VBR	# 446	# 583

Projections

Strikeouts	17	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.74	4.44
WHIP	1.34	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	# 198

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	# 383

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	41

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	14.1	62.1

Wins	0	3

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	12	42

Earned Runs	6	14

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	17	50

Walks	5	23

ERA	3.77	2.02

WHIP	1.19	1.04

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.2	18.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	13	18

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	15

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.74	4.44

WHIP	1.34	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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