Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 292	‐
VBR	# 510	# 681

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.23	4.03
WHIP	1.37	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	# 326

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	26

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	76.2	27.0

Wins	7	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	9	10

Hits Allowed	50	17

Earned Runs	14	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	62	32

Walks	28	16

ERA	1.64	3.33

WHIP	1.02	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	6.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	10	7

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.23	4.03

WHIP	1.37	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Graham Ashcraft is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	Graham Ashcraft threw a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
		Graham Ashcraft threw 20 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
		Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
		Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw long toss on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
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			Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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