Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 1374	# 1295

Projections

Runs	2	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.186	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	94

Runs	4	12

Hits	8	17

Singles	4	6

Doubles	1	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	8	10

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	3

Strikeouts	21	23

Batting Average	.157	.181

On Base Pct	.189	.222

Slugging Pct	.353	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.542	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	18	16

Runs	2	2

Hits	3	4

Singles	2	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	7	4

Batting Average	.186	.224

On Base Pct	.252	.265

Slugging Pct	.312	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.564	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-1 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a pinch-hit three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Saturday as the Diamondbacks dropped a 6-4 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Sat, Apr 25th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base on Thursday as Arizona dropped a 4-1 decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Zach Cole (2026)

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