Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Paredes for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 101	‐
VBR	# 115	# 1315

Projections

Runs	21	1
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	21	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.152

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 114	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	414	23

Runs	45	2

Hits	105	3

Singles	68	1

Doubles	21	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	2

RBI	62	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	46	1

Strikeouts	69	11

Batting Average	.254	.130

On Base Pct	.348	.167

Slugging Pct	.418	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	7

Runs	21	1

Hits	36	1

Singles	22	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	21	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	28	2

Batting Average	.246	.152

On Base Pct	.345	.226

Slugging Pct	.429	.219

On-base Plus Slugging	.774	.445

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
News
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with a double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Rangers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the White Sox with three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s 5-2 win over the Marlins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Shay Whitcomb was seen in the Astros clubhouse on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#323	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Paredes for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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