Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Christian Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	# 94
VBR	‐	# 101

Projections

Runs	7	24
Home Runs	2	9
RBI	8	28
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.243	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 129	# 72

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 87	# 65

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 94

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	# 103

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	# 104

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	# 107

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	387	400

Runs	47	55

Hits	105	94

Singles	66	50

Doubles	17	21

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	22

RBI	55	64

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	37

Strikeouts	81	107

Batting Average	.271	.235

On Base Pct	.301	.312

Slugging Pct	.483	.458

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.769

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	56	178

Runs	7	24

Hits	14	42

Singles	9	24

Doubles	3	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	9

RBI	8	28

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	17

Strikeouts	13	50

Batting Average	.243	.235

On Base Pct	.306	.312

Slugging Pct	.396	.441

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
News
	Casey Schmitt underwent successful surgery on his torn meniscus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Casey Schmitt will require surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Casey Schmitt has been diagnosed with a torn left meniscus. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 28th	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Casey Schmitt is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Tuesday on his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in Friday's 9-5 win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Casey Schmitt left Monday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF			Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Christian Walker (2026)

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