Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Juan Soto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 20	# 346
VBR	# 82	# 1202

Projections

Runs	21	3
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	20	3
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.274	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 167	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	102

Runs	46	13

Hits	83	21

Singles	52	12

Doubles	8	7

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	21	1

RBI	52	11

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	63	14

Strikeouts	48	31

Batting Average	.283	.206

On Base Pct	.408	.305

Slugging Pct	.539	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.947	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	29

Runs	21	3

Hits	29	7

Singles	17	4

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	20	3

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	3

Strikeouts	22	9

Batting Average	.274	.240

On Base Pct	.418	.316

Slugging Pct	.532	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.950	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Juan Soto told reporters he does expect to play again this season. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Mets interim manager Andy Green said Juan Soto has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 calf strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th
	Juan Soto is estimated to miss four to six weeks with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Juan Soto was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Juan Soto will undergo an MRI on Saturday on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM			Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Juan Soto (2026)

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