Who Should I Trade?

Jonathan Loaisiga for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 323	# 293
VBR	# 585	# 649

Projections

Strikeouts	4	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.24
WHIP	1.27	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 347	# 198

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 389

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	58

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	61.0	80.2

Wins	7	7

Losses	3	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	4	4

Holds	10	11

Hits Allowed	51	54

Earned Runs	16	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	46	66

Walks	11	31

ERA	2.36	1.67

WHIP	1.02	1.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.0	4.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	4	5

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	4	4

Walks	1	2

ERA	4.29	4.24

WHIP	1.27	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	Jonathan Loaisiga pitched around a single and a double in the ninth inning to earn his first save of the season as the Diamondbacks defeated the Tigers, 1-0, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Apr 2nd	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of RHP Jonathan Loaisiga. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	D-backs reliever Jonathan Loaisiga has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 22nd
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Jonathan Loáisiga to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#231	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#175	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#256	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#256
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#388	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#394	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)	#346
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#272
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#328	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#254	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#254
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#353
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#353	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#185
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#242
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#395	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#231
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#141
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#78
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#302	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#341	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#102	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#218	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#389	vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#387	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#47
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#234
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#395

Who Should I Trade?

Jonathan Loaisiga for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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