Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Jake Burger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 129
VBR	# 93	# 82

Projections

Runs	22	21
Home Runs	9	9
RBI	26	25
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	# 125

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	# 82

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	# 147

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 65	# 125

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	# 162

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	420	407

Runs	58	49

Hits	100	96

Singles	53	60

Doubles	24	17

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	22	19

RBI	67	66

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	32

Strikeouts	112	120

Batting Average	.238	.236

On Base Pct	.316	.295

Slugging Pct	.457	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	161	164

Runs	22	21

Hits	38	40

Singles	22	24

Doubles	7	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	9

RBI	26	25

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	11

Strikeouts	45	46

Batting Average	.237	.243

On Base Pct	.315	.298

Slugging Pct	.445	.449

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.747

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
News
	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Jake Burger went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Jake Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Tigers. He opened the scoring in the third inning by taking Casey Mize deep for his 15th homer of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU			Jake Burger 1B - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#345	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#250
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#350
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#235
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#237
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#250
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#239
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Jake Burger (2026)

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