Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	‐
VBR	# 79	# 398

Projections

Strikeouts	51	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.41	4.48
WHIP	1.15	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	20	3

Innings Pitched	133.2	14.2

Wins	11	0

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	11

Earned Runs	41	12

Home Runs Allowed	15	5

Strikeouts	121	16

Walks	29	8

ERA	2.76	7.36

WHIP	0.88	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	49.2	36.6

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	33

Earned Runs	19	18

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	51	36

Walks	14	16

ERA	3.41	4.48

WHIP	1.15	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Ronel Blanco allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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