Who Should I Trade?

Gabe Speier for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	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	# 277	# 292
VBR	# 392	# 535

Projections

Strikeouts	11	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.38
WHIP	1.22	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 358	# 198

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	# 385

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	52

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	36.0	75.2

Wins	2	6

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	17	9

Hits Allowed	27	50

Earned Runs	10	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	31	60

Walks	13	28

ERA	2.50	1.67

WHIP	1.11	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	11.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	8	11

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	10

Walks	3	4

ERA	3.62	4.38

WHIP	1.22	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	Gabe Speier was unavailable on Tuesday due to back discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Gabe Speier’s suspension was reduced to two games. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	The MLB has suspended Gabe Speier three games. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	The Mariners activated Gabe Speier from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Gabe Speier is with the Mariners in Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72

Who Should I Trade?

Gabe Speier for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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