Who Should I Trade?

Colson Montgomery for Jeremy Pena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Colson Montgomery 3B,SS,DH - CWS
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 74	# 95
VBR	# 30	# 173

Projections

Runs	16	14
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	13	16
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.273	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 71	# 123

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 72	# 91

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	# 95

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	# 110

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 78	# 160

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 88	# 73

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Colson Montgomery 3B,SS,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	329	473

Runs	63	59

Hits	92	100

Singles	62	53

Doubles	14	20

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	27

RBI	43	73

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	21	43

Strikeouts	78	180

Batting Average	.280	.211

On Base Pct	.332	.290

Slugging Pct	.465	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Colson Montgomery 3B,SS,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	106

Runs	16	14

Hits	29	23

Singles	20	13

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	13	16

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	10

Strikeouts	22	37

Batting Average	.273	.216

On Base Pct	.328	.296

Slugging Pct	.435	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Colson Montgomery 3B,SS,DH - CWS
News
	Jeremy Pena went 2-for-5 in a win over the Yankees with one home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	Colson Montgomery went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd
	Jeremy Pena is back in the Astros lineup on Saturday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Colson Montgomery went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with a double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
	Jeremy Pena is not in the Astros lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Colson Montgomery is not in the White Sox lineup on Monday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Jeremy Peña was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Angels with a right hand contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Colson Montgomery went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	Jeremy Pena went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 17th	Colson Montgomery went 1-for-4 in a 6-1 win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU			Colson Montgomery 3B,SS,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18

Who Should I Trade?

Colson Montgomery for Jeremy Pena (2026)

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