Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 284	‐
VBR	# 646	# 903

Projections

Strikeouts	18	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.28
WHIP	1.39	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 381	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	2.00	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.4	5.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	22	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	6

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.52	4.28

WHIP	1.39	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 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			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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