Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Yandy Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	# 88
VBR	# 35	# 134

Projections

Runs	31	27
Home Runs	8	10
RBI	30	31
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.293	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	# 108

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 37	# 72

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	# 104

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 77

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 40	# 94

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 75	# 65

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	389	380

Runs	57	51

Hits	119	87

Singles	86	46

Doubles	18	20

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	20

RBI	61	61

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	34

Strikeouts	63	101

Batting Average	.306	.229

On Base Pct	.381	.305

Slugging Pct	.465	.445

On-base Plus Slugging	.846	.750

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	212	198

Runs	31	27

Hits	62	46

Singles	43	27

Doubles	11	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	10

RBI	30	31

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	19

Strikeouts	35	55

Batting Average	.293	.233

On Base Pct	.369	.310

Slugging Pct	.461	.438

On-base Plus Slugging	.830	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
News
	Yandy Diaz is not starting at first base on Thursday for the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Yandy Diaz is making his first start at first base this season on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Monday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Christian Walker is hopeful to be back in the Astros lineup on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB			Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ SD
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
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
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ 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
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Yandy Diaz (2026)

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