Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Tanner Gordon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 284	‐
VBR	# 646	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	19	29
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	5.50
WHIP	1.40	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 381	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	# 218

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	13

Games Started	2	5

Innings Pitched	52.0	56.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	38	73

Earned Runs	12	37

Home Runs Allowed	4	13

Strikeouts	38	49

Walks	17	12

ERA	2.08	5.95

WHIP	1.06	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	16

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	22.8	37.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	23	44

Earned Runs	11	23

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	19	29

Walks	8	9

ERA	4.48	5.50

WHIP	1.40	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Tanner Gordon allowed one earned run on eight hits while striking out one over five innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
		Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on nine hits while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
		The Rockies activated RHP Tanner Gordon from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		Tanner Gordon is expected to be activated for Tuesday’s game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
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			Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 6th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Tanner Gordon (2026)

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