Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 244	‐
VBR	# 297	# 1094

Projections

Runs	24	13
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	21	11
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.232	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 237	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 243	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	175	55

Runs	24	9

Hits	38	10

Singles	30	6

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	13	10

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	12

Strikeouts	44	14

Batting Average	.217	.182

On Base Pct	.318	.328

Slugging Pct	.297	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.616	.656

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	93

Runs	24	13

Hits	41	20

Singles	27	13

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	15

Strikeouts	42	26

Batting Average	.232	.216

On Base Pct	.328	.333

Slugging Pct	.372	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

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