Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Hoffman for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 284	‐
VBR	# 646	# 947

Projections

Strikeouts	18	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.24
WHIP	1.39	1.45

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	Nolan Hoffman SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	3

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	54.0	4.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	38	6

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	41	2

Walks	18	3

ERA	2.00	3.86

WHIP	1.04	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Nolan Hoffman SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.4	6.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.52	4.24

WHIP	1.39	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Nolan Hoffman SP,RP - PHI
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Phillies recalled Nolan Hoffman from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	The Phillies optioned RHP Nolan Hoffman to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
		The Phillies recalled RHP Nolan Hoffman from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
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			Nolan Hoffman SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TB
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Hoffman for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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