Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Ty France (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Ty France 1B - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 219
VBR	# 113	# 159

Projections

Runs	22	19
Home Runs	9	5
RBI	26	21
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.235	.260

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	# 139

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 65	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	# 129

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	# 245

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Ty France 1B - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	417	281

Runs	58	39

Hits	99	81

Singles	52	50

Doubles	24	13

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	22	16

RBI	65	49

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	38	15

Strikeouts	112	71

Batting Average	.237	.288

On Base Pct	.313	.342

Slugging Pct	.458	.520

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.862

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Ty France 1B - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	153

Runs	22	19

Hits	38	40

Singles	22	27

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	26	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	46	34

Batting Average	.235	.260

On Base Pct	.312	.328

Slugging Pct	.442	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Ty France 1B - SD
News
	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Ty France went 2-for-2 with three RBI in the Padres 7-0 win over the Giants on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Ty France went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Padres 7-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ty France went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 6-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Ty France went 2-for-6 with two home runs and six RBI in the Padres 19-2 win over the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Ty France went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 7-6 loss on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
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			Ty France 1B - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#221
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Ty France (2026)

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