Who Should I Trade?

Jose Barrero for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Jose Barrero SS,CF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1329	# 1334

Projections

Runs	1	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.193	.146

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 373	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Jose Barrero SS,CF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.157	‐

On Base Pct	.189	‐

Slugging Pct	.353	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.542	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Jose Barrero SS,CF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	11	4

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	0

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	4	1

Batting Average	.193	.146

On Base Pct	.258	.175

Slugging Pct	.309	.203

On-base Plus Slugging	.567	.379

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Jose Barrero SS,CF - BAL
News
	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	The Orioles optioned INF José Barrero to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Orioles have informed utility player Jose Barrero that he has not made the Opening Day roster and will begin the season at Triple-A Norfolk. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-1 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a pinch-hit three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU			Jose Barrero SS,CF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Barrero for Zach Cole (2026)

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