Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Pete Fairbanks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 63	# 289
VBR	# 259	# 659

Projections

Strikeouts	21	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.68	4.52
WHIP	1.26	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 47	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 67	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 158	# 198

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	38

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	33.1	58.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	4	1

Saves	15	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	32	40

Earned Runs	25	14

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	45	44

Walks	14	20

ERA	6.75	2.15

WHIP	1.38	1.02

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	19.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	16	20

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	21	16

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.68	4.52

WHIP	1.26	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Wednesday to record his 15th save of the season in an 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning on Tuesday to earn his 14th save of the season in a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Pete Fairbanks allowed one hit while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Pete Fairbanks allowed one run on one hit and no walks in the ninth inning of Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Texas Rangers, picking up his 12th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 25th
	Pete Fairbanks allowed no runs or hits while striking out two batters in the ninth inning to pick up the save in Saturday's 6-3 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Pete Fairbanks (2026)

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