Who Should I Trade?

Jose Altuve for Michael Helman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Michael Helman CF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	‐
VBR	# 101	# 1321

Projections

Runs	24	2
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.258	.202

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 98	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 93	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	348	30

Runs	51	2

Hits	82	5

Singles	55	3

Doubles	14	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	31	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	31	1

Strikeouts	80	6

Batting Average	.236	.167

On Base Pct	.299	.235

Slugging Pct	.385	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	13

Runs	24	2

Hits	43	3

Singles	29	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	35	4

Batting Average	.258	.202

On Base Pct	.329	.255

Slugging Pct	.419	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Michael Helman CF - TEX
News
	Jose Altuve went 3-for-5 in a win over the White Sox with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers transferred OF Michael Helman to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jose Altuve went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Orioles with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Michael Helman suffered multiple fractures in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 14th
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Rangers recalled Michael Helman from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Rangers optioned outfielder Michael Helman to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Nationals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Rangers outfielder Michael Helman will see time at shortstop in camp, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU			Michael Helman CF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Altuve for Michael Helman (2026)

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