Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Ronel Blanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 126	# 433

Projections

Strikeouts	59	37
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.45
WHIP	1.19	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	116.0	4.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	2

Earned Runs	46	4

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	104	8

Walks	25	3

ERA	3.57	7.71

WHIP	1.28	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	6

Innings Pitched	61.8	37.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	33

Earned Runs	26	19

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	59	37

Walks	13	16

ERA	3.79	4.45

WHIP	1.19	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Ronel Blanco allowed four earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out eight over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	George Kirby will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Ronel Blanco (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation