Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1165	# 412

Projections

Strikeouts	29	35
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.60	4.43
WHIP	1.51	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 139	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	2

Games Started	19	2

Innings Pitched	102.2	10.0

Wins	11	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	106	6

Earned Runs	53	9

Home Runs Allowed	21	4

Strikeouts	58	12

Walks	24	6

ERA	4.65	8.10

WHIP	1.27	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	9	6

Innings Pitched	47.7	35.6

Wins	2	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	32

Earned Runs	30	18

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	29	35

Walks	12	15

ERA	5.60	4.43

WHIP	1.51	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed one earned run on five hits while striking out two over 6 2/3 innings in Friday's 3-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Ronel Blanco allowed five earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (back) has been activated from the 15-day injured list and will start on Saturday against the Reds. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 18th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Tomoyuki Sugano is expected to start on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#393	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#208	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

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