Who Should I Trade?

Justin Crawford for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 382
VBR	# 175	# 1351

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.267	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 219	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 229	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 324	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	300	51

Runs	30	4

Hits	77	8

Singles	60	4

Doubles	12	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	25	8

Stolen Bases	14	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	63	21

Batting Average	.257	.157

On Base Pct	.304	.189

Slugging Pct	.337	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	152	13

Runs	20	1

Hits	40	2

Singles	31	2

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	34	5

Batting Average	.267	.190

On Base Pct	.316	.261

Slugging Pct	.362	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.583

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Justin Crawford went 1-for-4 in a 6-4 loss to the Orioles on Friday with a stolen base. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Justin Crawford went 1-for-3 with a single, an RBI, and a steal in Monday's 10-7 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Justin Crawford returns to the Philadelphia Phillies' lineup for Thursday's game against the New York Mets, starting in center field and batting ninth. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Justin Crawford went through a pregame workout on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Justin Crawford was a late scratch from the Phillies’ starting lineup on Friday night due to soreness in his left knee. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Crawford for Zach Cole (2026)

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