Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Joey Loperfido (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 1209	# 1215

Projections

Runs	3	4
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	3	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.231	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	53

Runs	13	4

Hits	21	9

Singles	12	8

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	6

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	4

Strikeouts	31	24

Batting Average	.206	.170

On Base Pct	.305	.228

Slugging Pct	.324	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	26	35

Runs	3	4

Hits	6	7

Singles	4	5

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	3	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	3

Strikeouts	8	12

Batting Average	.231	.215

On Base Pct	.301	.278

Slugging Pct	.360	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	A's outfielder Denzel Clarke (hamstring) is continuing his running, hitting, and throwing progression. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Joey Loperfido (2026)

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