Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	# 383
VBR	# 1089	# 1329

Projections

Runs	10	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	10	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.248	.193

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	51

Runs	3	4

Hits	10	8

Singles	8	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	7	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	13	21

Batting Average	.233	.157

On Base Pct	.250	.189

Slugging Pct	.326	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	76	11

Runs	10	1

Hits	19	2

Singles	12	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	10	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	20	4

Batting Average	.248	.193

On Base Pct	.305	.258

Slugging Pct	.408	.309

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.567

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	The White Sox designated Austin Hays for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	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
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
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 (7-6)	#204	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)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Zach Cole (2026)

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