Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	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	# 120	# 383
VBR	# 145	# 1324

Projections

Runs	20	2
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	14	0
Batting Average	.287	.186

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 106	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 116	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 108	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 153	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	369	51

Runs	45	4

Hits	107	8

Singles	90	4

Doubles	11	1

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	26	0

Caught Stealing	11	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	36	21

Batting Average	.290	.157

On Base Pct	.323	.189

Slugging Pct	.352	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.676	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	15

Runs	20	2

Hits	44	3

Singles	37	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	14	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	18	6

Batting Average	.287	.186

On Base Pct	.323	.247

Slugging Pct	.350	.299

On-base Plus Slugging	.673	.547

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Chandler Simpson is back in the Rays lineup on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#254
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Zach Cole (2026)

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