Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	# 165
VBR	# 267	# 374

Projections

Strikeouts	52	43
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.44
WHIP	1.28	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	# 194

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 192

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 138

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	# 186

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	15	15

Innings Pitched	87.2	80.0

Wins	3	3

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	91	80

Earned Runs	48	48

Home Runs Allowed	12	14

Strikeouts	81	83

Walks	28	35

ERA	4.93	5.40

WHIP	1.36	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	8

Games Started	9	8

Innings Pitched	55.6	44.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	40

Earned Runs	26	22

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	52	43

Walks	17	18

ERA	4.14	4.44

WHIP	1.28	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
News
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jack Leiter underwent an arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in his ankle region on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Rangers placed RHP Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Jack Leiter (3-7) took the loss Thursday against the Twins after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four. Minnesota scored four runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer by Brooks Lee, before Trevor Larnach added a two-run shot in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Jack Leiter allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Leiter has a 4.69 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and 76:31 K:BB across 71 innings over 13 starts this season. He had won back-to-back starts entering Saturday, including a 10-strikeout performance over 5.2 scoreless innings his previous outing, before three scoreless frames against Cleveland gave way to a Jose Ramirez solo homer in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Luis Castillo (2026)

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