Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Joey Loperfido (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 213	# 346
VBR	# 261	# 1294

Projections

Runs	17	2
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	19	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.237	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	270	102

Runs	31	13

Hits	63	21

Singles	34	12

Doubles	12	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	43	11

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	28	14

Strikeouts	78	31

Batting Average	.233	.206

On Base Pct	.307	.305

Slugging Pct	.463	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	126	16

Runs	17	2

Hits	30	4

Singles	18	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	19	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	39	5

Batting Average	.237	.222

On Base Pct	.317	.286

Slugging Pct	.431	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.606

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Heriberto Hernandez went 0-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA			Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Joey Loperfido (2026)

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