Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Joey Loperfido (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 1202	# 1374

Projections

Runs	4	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.236	.151

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	12	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Batting Average	.206	‐

On Base Pct	.305	‐

Slugging Pct	.324	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	34	8

Runs	4	1

Hits	8	1

Singles	5	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	11	2

Batting Average	.236	.151

On Base Pct	.305	.239

Slugging Pct	.368	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.673	.427

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 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
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU			Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#333	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Joey Loperfido (2026)

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