Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 626

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	21
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.36
WHIP	‐	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	6.75	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	3

Innings Pitched	‐	21.6

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	19

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	21

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	4.36

WHIP	‐	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Ronel Blanco is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Tuesday in Double-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th	Ronel Blanco will make a rehab start Thursday at Double-A Corpus Christi. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#350
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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