Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 58	# 626

Projections

Strikeouts	81	21
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	4.36
WHIP	1.13	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	93.0	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	61	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	108	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	2.13	‐

WHIP	0.89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	72.0	21.6

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	19

Earned Runs	27	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	81	21

Walks	19	9

ERA	3.34	4.36

WHIP	1.13	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	Ronel Blanco is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Tuesday in Double-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 6-2 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd	Ronel Blanco will make a rehab start Thursday at Double-A Corpus Christi. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ronel Blanco for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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