Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 1338	‐

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.192	.267

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.157	‐

On Base Pct	.189	‐

Slugging Pct	.353	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.542	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	16	8

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	2

Singles	2	1

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	6	3

Batting Average	.192	.267

On Base Pct	.259	.353

Slugging Pct	.312	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.570	.886

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
News
	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	Twins outfield prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez (thumb) has been throwing from 105 feet and has begun hitting off a tee and in soft toss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Emmanuel Rodriguez will have sutures removed from his thumb on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th	Emmanuel Rodriguez was back in the Triple-A St. Paul dugout on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Zach Cole went 1-for-1 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a pinch-hit three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th	Emmanuel Rodriguez will be forced to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th	The Minnesota Twins have placed Emmanuel Rodriguez on the minor league 7-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU			Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for Zach Cole (2026)

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