Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 233	# 284
VBR	# 442	# 646

Projections

Strikeouts	23	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.75	4.52
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 381

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	# 198

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


Games Played	37	35

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	56.0	54.0

Wins	0	3

Losses	2	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	8	1

Hits Allowed	41	38

Earned Runs	15	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	55	41

Walks	20	18

ERA	2.41	2.00

WHIP	1.09	1.04

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


Games Played	25	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.1	21.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	22	22

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	23	18

Walks	10	7

ERA	3.75	4.52

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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