Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Benintendi for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 199	‐
VBR	# 250	# 1109

Projections

Runs	20	13
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	22	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.246	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 169	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 202	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 202	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	279	50

Runs	41	9

Hits	68	9

Singles	40	5

Doubles	16	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	52	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	10

Strikeouts	73	13

Batting Average	.244	.180

On Base Pct	.307	.317

Slugging Pct	.423	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.657

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	162	94

Runs	20	13

Hits	40	21

Singles	26	14

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	22	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	15

Strikeouts	35	27

Batting Average	.246	.218

On Base Pct	.316	.333

Slugging Pct	.408	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Andrew Benintendi went 1-for-3 in a 10-3 win over the Rangers with a double and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with two doubles, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-4 in a win over the Orioles with a double, one walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Andrew Benintendi went 1-for-1 in a 5-1 win over the Yankees with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 19th	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Benintendi LF,DH - CWS			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Benintendi for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

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