Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	# 293
VBR	# 707	# 583

Projections

Strikeouts	35	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.06	4.44
WHIP	1.40	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 214	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 199	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 184	# 198

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	40

Games Started	22	2

Innings Pitched	108.0	60.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	11	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	116	40

Earned Runs	74	14

Home Runs Allowed	28	6

Strikeouts	88	48

Walks	44	22

ERA	6.17	2.08

WHIP	1.48	1.02

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	20

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	18.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	42	18

Earned Runs	23	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	35	15

Walks	14	6

ERA	5.06	4.44

WHIP	1.40	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	The Athletics placed LHP Jeffrey Springs on the 15-day IL with right hip discomfort. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Jeffrey Springs allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	A's left-hander Jeffrey Springs (hip) had his MRI come back clean and is expected to make his next start on Friday against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Jeffrey Springs allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk over 1 1/3 innings in a loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Jeffrey Springs left his start early on Sunday against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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