Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 113	# 384
VBR	# 163	# 1338

Projections

Runs	21	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	17	2
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.272	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 479

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


At Bats	319	51

Runs	45	4

Hits	94	8

Singles	56	4

Doubles	21	1

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	58	8

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	64	21

Batting Average	.295	.157

On Base Pct	.337	.189

Slugging Pct	.498	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.542

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


At Bats	148	16

Runs	21	2

Hits	40	3

Singles	28	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	29	6

Batting Average	.272	.192

On Base Pct	.326	.259

Slugging Pct	.410	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.570

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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 McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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 McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Zach Cole (2026)

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