Who Should I Trade?

Paul Blackburn for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 293	‐
VBR	# 606	# 1014

Projections

Strikeouts	15	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.72
WHIP	1.40	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 383	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	‐

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


Games Played	41	9

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	62.1	12.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	42	8

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	50	14

Walks	23	4

ERA	2.02	2.92

WHIP	1.04	0.97

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


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.9	4.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	5

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.46	4.72

WHIP	1.40	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
		The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
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			William Kempner RP - MIA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Jul 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
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 William Kempner (2026)

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