Who Should I Trade?

Keegan Thompson for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Keegan Thompson RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 324	‐
VBR	# 738	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.69
WHIP	1.45	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 277	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Keegan Thompson RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	12.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	16	11

Walks	12	2

ERA	3.60	8.25

WHIP	1.40	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Keegan Thompson RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.4	9.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	8

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.57	4.69

WHIP	1.45	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Keegan Thompson RP - COL
News
	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Rockies have designated right-hander Keegan Thompson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Rockies sent RHP Keegan Thompson outright to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	The Rockies have designated right-hander Keegan Thompson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Keegan Thompson has been claimed off of waivers by the Colorado Rockies. Thompson was designed for assignment by the Reds in late December. David Leisering Wed, Jan 7th
	Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU			Keegan Thompson RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Keegan Thompson for Nate Pearson (2026)

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