Who Should I Trade?

Jake Fraley for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 360	# 383
VBR	# 1106	# 1325

Projections

Runs	11	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	10	3
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.236	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 330	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	82	51

Runs	6	4

Hits	19	8

Singles	10	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	5	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	25	21

Batting Average	.232	.157

On Base Pct	.300	.189

Slugging Pct	.390	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	24

Runs	11	3

Hits	20	4

Singles	14	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	10	3

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	21	9

Batting Average	.236	.188

On Base Pct	.313	.256

Slugging Pct	.367	.315

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Jake Fraley is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Jake Fraley was pulled off his rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Rays outfielder Jake Fraley returned to his rehab assignment and went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Jake Fraley is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Zach Cole went 1-for-1 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a pinch-hit three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Jake Fraley began a rehab assignment in the Florida Complex League on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Fraley for Zach Cole (2026)

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