Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Christian Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 133
VBR	# 106	‐

Projections

Runs	22	7
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	25	8
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.236	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	# 129

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	# 165

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 65	# 87

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	# 202

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	# 96

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


At Bats	422	387

Runs	59	47

Hits	101	105

Singles	54	66

Doubles	24	17

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	22	21

RBI	67	55

Stolen Bases	0	9

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	41	11

Strikeouts	112	81

Batting Average	.239	.271

On Base Pct	.319	.301

Slugging Pct	.457	.483

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.784

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


At Bats	158	55

Runs	22	7

Hits	37	14

Singles	21	9

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	25	8

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	44	13

Batting Average	.236	.245

On Base Pct	.315	.308

Slugging Pct	.443	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.708

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

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU			Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#328
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#80
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
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)	#175
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
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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