Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 99	# 289
VBR	# 454	# 641

Projections

Strikeouts	43	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.59
WHIP	1.44	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	# 198

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	39

Games Started	15	2

Innings Pitched	58.2	60.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	50	40

Earned Runs	38	14

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	72	47

Walks	40	20

ERA	5.83	2.10

WHIP	1.53	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	41.7	19.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	38	19

Earned Runs	20	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	43	16

Walks	20	6

ERA	4.40	4.59

WHIP	1.44	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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