Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Matt Olson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	‐
VBR	# 29	# 1148

Projections

Runs	30	10
Home Runs	11	2
RBI	32	9
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.256	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	432	65

Runs	77	10

Hits	114	12

Singles	57	7

Doubles	27	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	30	2

RBI	68	13

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	50	14

Strikeouts	121	18

Batting Average	.264	.185

On Base Pct	.341	.329

Slugging Pct	.535	.323

On-base Plus Slugging	.876	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	75

Runs	30	10

Hits	48	16

Singles	27	11

Doubles	10	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	32	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	25	12

Strikeouts	53	22

Batting Average	.256	.216

On Base Pct	.350	.331

Slugging Pct	.487	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.837	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Matt Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, a walk, and two runs scored in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Matt Olson went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals on Friday with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Matt Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Wednesday afternoon's 3-2 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Matt Olson went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in Friday's 7-6 win over the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Matt Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo homer, two walks, and two runs scored in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 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
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Matt Olson (2026)

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