Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Richie Palacios (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	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	# 278	‐
VBR	# 1117	# 1146

Projections

Runs	11	10
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	8
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.230	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 266	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	66

Runs	32	10

Hits	53	13

Singles	38	8

Doubles	8	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	32	14

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	30	14

Strikeouts	50	18

Batting Average	.229	.197

On Base Pct	.325	.338

Slugging Pct	.346	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	84	71

Runs	11	10

Hits	19	15

Singles	14	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	12

Strikeouts	19	21

Batting Average	.230	.213

On Base Pct	.315	.329

Slugging Pct	.341	.338

On-base Plus Slugging	.656	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 13-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 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
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Richie Palacios (2026)

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