Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 297	‐
VBR	# 550	# 1127

Projections

Runs	14	13
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	13	11
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.245	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	254	47

Runs	30	8

Hits	58	8

Singles	40	4

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	29	8

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	13	9

Strikeouts	56	13

Batting Average	.228	.170

On Base Pct	.269	.304

Slugging Pct	.366	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.636	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	97

Runs	14	13

Hits	29	21

Singles	20	14

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	13	11

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	16

Strikeouts	23	28

Batting Average	.245	.217

On Base Pct	.297	.333

Slugging Pct	.370	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.667	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in win over the Mets with a double and a run scored. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th	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
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Nathan Church (2026)

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