Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Miguel Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 759	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.44	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	9.00	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	15.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.44	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Miguel Castro RP - LAA
News
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Angels signed RHP Miguel Castro to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA			Miguel Castro RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Miguel Castro (2026)

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