Who Should I Trade?

Jeremy Pena for Kevin Newman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 74	‐
VBR	# 27	‐

Projections

Runs	15	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	12	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.275	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 88	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 71	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 78	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	336	‐

Runs	65	‐

Hits	94	‐

Singles	63	‐

Doubles	14	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	44	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	22	‐

Strikeouts	81	‐

Batting Average	.280	‐

On Base Pct	.335	‐

Slugging Pct	.470	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	‐

Runs	15	‐

Hits	28	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.275	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.437	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
News
	Jeremy Peña went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	Jeremy Peña went 1-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 28th
	Jeremy Pena had X-rays on his hand injury return negative. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 28th
	Jeremy Pena went 2-for-5 in a win over the Yankees with one home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	Jeremy Pena is back in the Astros lineup on Saturday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeremy Pena SS - HOU			Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jeremy Pena for Kevin Newman (2026)

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