Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 346	# 388
VBR	# 1202	# 1170

Projections

Runs	3	7
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	3	6
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.240	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 394

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	# 397

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	74

Runs	13	11

Hits	21	16

Singles	12	11

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	7

Strikeouts	31	30

Batting Average	.206	.216

On Base Pct	.305	.284

Slugging Pct	.324	.311

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.595

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	29	50

Runs	3	7

Hits	7	11

Singles	4	8

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	3	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	5

Strikeouts	9	17

Batting Average	.240	.228

On Base Pct	.316	.301

Slugging Pct	.385	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Astros are reportedly calling Zach Dezenzo up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	The Astros optioned OF Zach Dezenzo to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Zach Dezenzo went 1-for-3 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	Zach Dezenzo has been called up from Triple-A. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Astros activated Zach Dezenzo from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
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			Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

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