Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 382
VBR	# 1276	# 1351

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.230	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	86	51

Runs	9	4

Hits	25	8

Singles	21	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	12	8

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	26	21

Batting Average	.291	.157

On Base Pct	.365	.189

Slugging Pct	.337	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	21	13

Runs	3	1

Hits	5	2

Singles	3	2

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	6	5

Batting Average	.230	.190

On Base Pct	.291	.261

Slugging Pct	.325	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.616	.583

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	The Brewers activated Brandon Lockridge from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	The Brewers confirmed Brandon Lockridge will begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Brandon Lockridge will begin a minor-league rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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 Brewers have transferred outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Brandon Lockridge's return has been bumped back to late July. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Zach Cole (2026)

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