Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Kahlil Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 1209	# 1292

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.231	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 349

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	88

Runs	13	6

Hits	21	21

Singles	12	14

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	1	9

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	3

Strikeouts	31	32

Batting Average	.206	.239

On Base Pct	.305	.264

Slugging Pct	.324	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	26	12

Runs	3	1

Hits	6	3

Singles	4	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	8	4

Batting Average	.231	.236

On Base Pct	.301	.298

Slugging Pct	.360	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Kahlil Watson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 22nd
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	Kahlil Watson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with an RBI, a stolen base, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-3 in a 6-5 loss to the Twins on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	Kahlil Watson went 1-for-5 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with two stolen bases and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with two stolen bases and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU			Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ KC
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Kahlil Watson (2026)

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