Who Should I Trade?

Ceddanne Rafaela for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 68	# 384
VBR	# 67	# 1360

Projections

Runs	30	2
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	26	2
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.261	.185

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 86	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 61	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 129	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	376	51

Runs	49	4

Hits	105	8

Singles	67	4

Doubles	25	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	44	8

Stolen Bases	13	0

Caught Stealing	6	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	79	21

Batting Average	.279	.157

On Base Pct	.323	.189

Slugging Pct	.442	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	216	17

Runs	30	2

Hits	56	3

Singles	36	2

Doubles	12	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	26	2

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	49	6

Batting Average	.261	.185

On Base Pct	.303	.250

Slugging Pct	.420	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.549

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Ceddanne Rafaela went 2-for-4 in a win over the Orioles with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Ceddanne Rafaela went 1-for-5 in Friday’s win over the Rays with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Ceddanne Rafaela went 2-for-5 in Tuesday’s 8-1 win over the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Ceddanne Rafaela went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over the Rockies. He drove in Boston’s final run with an RBI single in the sixth inning. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Ceddanne Rafaela went 3-for-5 in a 10-1 win over the Rangers with a home run, two doubles, three runs, scored, three RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ceddanne Rafaela for Zach Cole (2026)

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