Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	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	# 141	# 384
VBR	# 134	# 1324

Projections

Runs	29	3
Home Runs	10	1
RBI	30	3
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.240	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 144	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 145	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 158	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 116	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	251	51

Runs	37	4

Hits	61	8

Singles	33	4

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	3

RBI	43	8

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	41	1

Strikeouts	59	21

Batting Average	.243	.157

On Base Pct	.351	.189

Slugging Pct	.486	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.837	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	24

Runs	29	3

Hits	46	4

Singles	25	3

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	30	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	2

Strikeouts	50	9

Batting Average	.240	.188

On Base Pct	.333	.256

Slugging Pct	.455	.315

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 in a 4-0 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, an additional run, an additional RBI, and a walk in a 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in a 12-0 rout of the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 9-2 loss to the Royals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for Zach Cole (2026)

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