Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 800	# 719

Projections

Strikeouts	14	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.33
WHIP	1.50	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 385	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.1	3.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	19	4

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	3

Walks	8	2

ERA	5.71	9.00

WHIP	1.56	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	14.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	13

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	15

Walks	8	7

ERA	4.53	4.33

WHIP	1.50	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Rangers selected the contract of LHP Robby Ahlstrom from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Rangers reassigned LHP Robby Ahlstrom to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th	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
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

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