Who Should I Trade?

James Outman for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	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	# 371	# 383
VBR	# 1219	# 1351

Projections

Runs	6	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	5	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.195	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 333	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	155	51

Runs	22	4

Hits	26	8

Singles	15	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	17	8

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	70	21

Batting Average	.168	.157

On Base Pct	.228	.189

Slugging Pct	.316	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.544	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	42	13

Runs	6	1

Hits	8	2

Singles	5	2

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	5	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	17	5

Batting Average	.195	.190

On Base Pct	.284	.261

Slugging Pct	.348	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.632	.583

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	James Outman went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 2-for-2 with an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	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
	The Tigers have added outfielder James Outman to the active roster on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	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
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

James Outman for Zach Cole (2026)

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