Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Ronel Blanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 582	# 626

Projections

Strikeouts	22	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.36
WHIP	1.41	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 110	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	61.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	54	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	3	3

Innings Pitched	29.8	21.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	19

Earned Runs	15	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	22	21

Walks	11	9

ERA	4.54	4.36

WHIP	1.41	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	Ronel Blanco is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Tuesday in Double-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Javier Assad allowed three hits and one walk while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	Ronel Blanco will make a rehab start Thursday at Double-A Corpus Christi. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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