Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Joey Loperfido (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 1222	‐

Projections

Runs	4	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	1
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.236	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	65

Runs	13	6

Hits	21	15

Singles	12	12

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	8

Strikeouts	31	21

Batting Average	.206	.231

On Base Pct	.305	.311

Slugging Pct	.324	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	33	18

Runs	4	2

Hits	8	4

Singles	5	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	1

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	2

Strikeouts	10	5

Batting Average	.236	.222

On Base Pct	.306	.282

Slugging Pct	.368	.250

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	.532

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	Austin Slater pinch-hit for Victor Mesa Jr. in the ninth inning and drew a walk before stealing a base in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 18th
	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Austin Slater went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU			Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Joey Loperfido (2026)

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