Who Should I Trade?

Jonah Heim for Jose Altuve (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 76	# 238
VBR	# 94	# 563

Projections

Runs	13	8
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	12	9
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.260	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 106	# 203

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 93	# 254

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	423	289

Runs	60	30

Hits	104	62

Singles	70	35

Doubles	18	15

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	14	12

RBI	41	41

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	38	24

Strikeouts	94	59

Batting Average	.246	.215

On Base Pct	.310	.277

Slugging Pct	.397	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	68

Runs	13	8

Hits	24	15

Singles	17	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	9

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	6

Strikeouts	19	15

Batting Average	.260	.227

On Base Pct	.329	.285

Slugging Pct	.412	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH
News
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	Jose Altuve went 2-for-5 in a win over the Mariners with one run scored and two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Jonah Heim went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Jose Altuve is back in the Astros lineup on Friday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	Jose Altuve is not in the Astros lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Jonah Heim went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and six RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Jose Altuve will undergo additional imaging on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Jonah Heim went 2-for-3 in win over the Dodgers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and a walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU			Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#150	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#66	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#99	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#199	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#267	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#267	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jonah Heim for Jose Altuve (2026)

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