Who Should I Trade?

JP Sears for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	JP Sears SP - SD	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	‐	# 289
VBR	# 474	# 649

Projections

Strikeouts	37	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.72	4.49
WHIP	1.35	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 198

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JP Sears SP - SD	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	37

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	28.0	57.0

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	24	38

Earned Runs	12	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	23	42

Walks	9	19

ERA	3.86	1.89

WHIP	1.18	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JP Sears SP - SD	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	22

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	44.5	20.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	45	21

Earned Runs	23	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	37	17

Walks	14	7

ERA	4.72	4.49

WHIP	1.35	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JP Sears SP - SD	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	JP Sears allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	JP Sears may not make his scheduled start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	JP Sears allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	JP Sears will start Monday's series opener against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	JP Sears allowed three runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JP Sears SP - SD			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

JP Sears for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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