Who Should I Trade?

Luis Morales for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luis Morales SP - ATH	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	# 1035	# 433

Projections

Strikeouts	23	37
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.95	4.45
WHIP	1.48	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Morales SP - ATH	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	1

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	9.1	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	2

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	7	8

Walks	12	3

ERA	14.46	7.71

WHIP	3.11	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Morales SP - ATH	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	3	6

Innings Pitched	26.7	37.4

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	33

Earned Runs	15	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	23	37

Walks	12	16

ERA	4.95	4.45

WHIP	1.48	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Morales SP - ATH	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	The Athletics recalled Luis Morales from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Ronel Blanco allowed four earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out eight over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	The Athletics optioned Luis Morales to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Athletics recalled Luis Morales from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Luis Morales to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Athletics recalled Luis Morales from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Morales SP - ATH			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS			@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Morales for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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