Who Should I Trade?

Konnor Griffin for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 122	# 384
VBR	# 564	# 1324

Projections

Runs	11	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.263	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 142	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 71	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	225	51

Runs	35	4

Hits	62	8

Singles	45	4

Doubles	10	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	25	8

Stolen Bases	20	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	65	21

Batting Average	.276	.157

On Base Pct	.332	.189

Slugging Pct	.404	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	77	24

Runs	11	3

Hits	20	4

Singles	14	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	22	9

Batting Average	.263	.188

On Base Pct	.324	.256

Slugging Pct	.405	.315

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	The Pittsburgh Pirates transferred Konnor Griffin to the 60-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Pirates Director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Konnor Griffin is going on the IL with an injury to his ring finger on his left hand. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Konnor Griffin has a torn tendon in his left ring finger. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Konnor Griffin went 1-for-5 with two steals in the Pirates 7-1 win over the Nationals on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Konnor Griffin went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 6-4 loss against the Reds on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Konnor Griffin for Zach Cole (2026)

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