Who Should I Trade?

Kade Strowd for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 293	‐
VBR	# 693	# 954

Projections

Strikeouts	6	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.49
WHIP	1.42	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 389	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	‐

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


Games Played	55	2

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	78.1	2.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	52	2

Earned Runs	15	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	65	1

Walks	28	5

ERA	1.72	3.38

WHIP	1.02	2.63

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


Games Played	9	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.4	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	8	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.36	4.49

WHIP	1.42	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Kade Strowd was recalled from Triple-A Reno ahead of Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 8th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	The Diamondbacks optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
		The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
		The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
		Kade Strowd complained of a "dead arm" during his Friday outing against the Washington Nationals and will undergo further testing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#402
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#366
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410

Who Should I Trade?

Kade Strowd for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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