Who Should I Trade?

Kazuma Okamoto for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 132	# 1338

Projections

Runs	21	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	24	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.233	.161

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 86	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	423	23

Runs	60	2

Hits	95	3

Singles	56	1

Doubles	15	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	2

RBI	70	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	39	1

Strikeouts	147	11

Batting Average	.225	.130

On Base Pct	.298	.167

Slugging Pct	.430	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	8

Runs	21	1

Hits	35	1

Singles	20	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	24	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	41	3

Batting Average	.233	.161

On Base Pct	.314	.231

Slugging Pct	.438	.225

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.456

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
News
	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	Blue Jays third baseman Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Kazuma Okamoto went 2-for-5 in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Red Sox with a three-run home run and one double. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Kazuma Okamoto is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Shay Whitcomb was seen in the Astros clubhouse on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-3 in a 5-3 win over the Padres with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Shay Whitcomb went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cardinals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#292	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Kazuma Okamoto for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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