Who Should I Trade?

Gregory Soto for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 87	# 324
VBR	# 346	# 934

Projections

Strikeouts	26	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	7	0
ERA	3.84	4.44
WHIP	1.38	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 81	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	# 353

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 277

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	20.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	12	1

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	27	16

Earned Runs	18	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	46	16

Walks	18	12

ERA	3.98	3.60

WHIP	1.11	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.3	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	7	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	10	3

ERA	3.84	4.44

WHIP	1.38	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
News
	Gregory Soto earned the save in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Gregory Soto allowed three runs in a blown save and loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Gregory Soto tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his 10th save of the season and to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Marlins on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Gregory Soto struck out both hitters he faced to earn his eighth save of the season on Tuesday, preserving a 10-6 win over the Astros. David Leisering Wed, Jun 3rd	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Gregory Soto pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out one, to secure his sixth save of the season as the Pirates held off the Cubs, 2-1, on Monday. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT			Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Gregory Soto for Nate Pearson (2026)

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