Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 284	# 325
VBR	# 644	# 760

Projections

Strikeouts	18	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.53
WHIP	1.39	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 381	# 404

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	# 261

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	41

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	54.0	48.1

Wins	3	6

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	38	29

Earned Runs	12	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	41	26

Walks	18	22

ERA	2.00	3.17

WHIP	1.04	1.06

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.4	21.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	23	22

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	17

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.50	4.53

WHIP	1.39	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	The Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
		Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd
		Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY			Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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