Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 289	‐
VBR	# 631	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.42	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 382	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	# 423

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	9

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	10.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	40	9

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	47	10

Walks	20	7

ERA	2.10	4.50

WHIP	1.00	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.42	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
		The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
		The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
		Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY			Lucas Sims RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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