Who Should I Trade?

Randy Vasquez for Ronel Blanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Randy Vasquez SP - SD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 726	# 429

Projections

Strikeouts	32	38
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.46
WHIP	1.42	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 199	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 118	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 333	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 170	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Randy Vasquez SP - SD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	16	1

Innings Pitched	87.2	4.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	106	2

Earned Runs	46	4

Home Runs Allowed	14	2

Strikeouts	63	8

Walks	27	3

ERA	4.72	7.71

WHIP	1.52	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Randy Vasquez SP - SD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	5	6

Innings Pitched	43.9	38.4

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	34

Earned Runs	23	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	32	38

Walks	15	16

ERA	4.71	4.46

WHIP	1.42	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Randy Vasquez SP - SD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	The Padres activated Randy Vasquez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Ronel Blanco allowed four earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out eight over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	The Padres placed Randy Vasquez on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle bruise. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Padres manager Craig Stammen said "X-rays were negative and all tests came back pretty clean" for Randy Vasquez. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Randy Vasquez fainted when he left the game on Thursday and was taken to the emergency room. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Randy Vasquez allowed four runs on seven hits over three innings with one walk in a no-decision on Thursday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Randy Vasquez SP - SD			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Randy Vasquez for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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