Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Jeremy Pena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 69	# 172
VBR	# 33	# 113

Projections

Runs	17	13
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	13	12
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.273	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 88	# 101

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 71	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	# 163

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	# 106

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 78	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	320	427

Runs	61	58

Hits	90	117

Singles	61	74

Doubles	14	25

Triples	1	4

Home Runs	14	14

RBI	41	68

Stolen Bases	8	10

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	21	35

Strikeouts	74	113

Batting Average	.281	.274

On Base Pct	.335	.331

Slugging Pct	.463	.450

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.781

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	112	101

Runs	17	13

Hits	31	26

Singles	21	17

Doubles	6	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	13	12

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	7	7

Strikeouts	23	27

Batting Average	.273	.259

On Base Pct	.326	.310

Slugging Pct	.431	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Jeremy Pena is back in the Astros lineup on Saturday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Jeremy Pena is not in the Astros lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-5 in a win over the Angels with one double. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd
	Jeremy Peña was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Angels with a right hand contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-2 in a win over the Nationals with a triple, a run scored, one stolen base, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	Jeremy Pena went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 17th	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Jeremy Pena went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU			Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Jeremy Pena (2026)

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