Who Should I Trade?

James Wood for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	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	# 6	# 383
VBR	# 11	# 1320

Projections

Runs	34	2
Home Runs	11	0
RBI	31	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.265	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	422	51

Runs	99	4

Hits	114	8

Singles	57	4

Doubles	26	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	30	3

RBI	72	8

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	89	1

Strikeouts	148	21

Batting Average	.270	.157

On Base Pct	.400	.189

Slugging Pct	.550	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.949	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	191	14

Runs	34	2

Hits	51	3

Singles	28	2

Doubles	11	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	0

RBI	31	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	31	1

Strikeouts	65	5

Batting Average	.265	.184

On Base Pct	.375	.247

Slugging Pct	.503	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.879	.547

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	James Wood went 2-for-4 in a 10-7 win over the Diamondbacks with two home runs, two runs scored, three RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	James Wood went 1-for-2 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, two walks, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia 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
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Yankees with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	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
	James Wood went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Astros with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	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 Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

James Wood for Zach Cole (2026)

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