Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Starling Marte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 358	# 363
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 419

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 307	# 312

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	103	153

Runs	13	15

Hits	21	37

Singles	12	30

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	11	14

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	14	9

Strikeouts	32	41

Batting Average	.204	.242

On Base Pct	.303	.298

Slugging Pct	.320	.314

On-base Plus Slugging	.623	.611

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
News
	The Astros recalled OF Joey Loperfido from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 15th	The Royals released OF Starling Marte. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Royals designated OF Starling Marte for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with a run scored and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	Starling Marte went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox with one run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU			Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#225
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#194
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#203
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH	Seth Johnson (1-0)	#283

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Starling Marte (2026)

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