Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 357	# 447

Projections

Strikeouts	47	30
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.64	4.39
WHIP	1.34	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 132	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	99.0	4.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	109	2

Earned Runs	50	4

Home Runs Allowed	13	2

Strikeouts	77	8

Walks	31	3

ERA	4.55	7.71

WHIP	1.41	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	58.8	31.3

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	28

Earned Runs	30	15

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	47	30

Walks	16	13

ERA	4.64	4.39

WHIP	1.34	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Slade Cecconi allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Thursday's 6-5 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 3rd	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Slade Cecconi allowed zero earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Slade Cecconi allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out one over six innings in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Astros. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 22nd	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Slade Cecconi allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Brewers Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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