Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 225	‐
VBR	# 233	# 1094

Projections

Runs	22	13
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	25	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.231	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	294	53

Runs	36	9

Hits	61	10

Singles	40	6

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	31	10

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	33	10

Strikeouts	106	14

Batting Average	.208	.189

On Base Pct	.296	.318

Slugging Pct	.357	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.654	.657

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	93

Runs	22	13

Hits	39	20

Singles	22	13

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	25	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	15

Strikeouts	49	26

Batting Average	.231	.216

On Base Pct	.316	.333

Slugging Pct	.430	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Kyle Manzardo went 2-for-4 in an 8-1 win over the Astros on Saturday with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in a 4-2 win over the Brewers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Yankees on Wednesday with a home run, two doubles, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 4th	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

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