Who Should I Trade?

Drew Waters for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 389	‐
VBR	# 1168	# 1311

Projections

Runs	7	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	6	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.234	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 394	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	65	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.231	‐

On Base Pct	.306	‐

Slugging Pct	.339	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.644	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	54	4

Runs	7	1

Hits	13	1

Singles	8	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	6	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	0

Strikeouts	18	1

Batting Average	.234	.211

On Base Pct	.309	.235

Slugging Pct	.381	.261

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.496

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	The Astros are reportedly calling Zach Dezenzo up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Royals sent OF Drew Waters outright to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	The Astros optioned OF Zach Dezenzo to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Waters slashed .234/.300/.369 with a 31.1 percent strikeout rate over parts of four major-league seasons and couldn't earn a spot on Kansas City's Opening Day roster. With no minor-league options remaining, he's headed to waivers. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
	Zach Dezenzo went 1-for-3 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Zach Dezenzo has been called up from Triple-A. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	The Astros activated Zach Dezenzo from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU			Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Waters for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

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