Who Should I Trade?

Luis Robert Jr. for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Robert Jr. CF - NYM	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	# 382
VBR	# 87	# 1300

Projections

Runs	23	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	23	2
Stolen Bases	9	0
Batting Average	.239	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 224	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 105	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 119	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 106	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 194	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Robert Jr. CF - NYM	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	118	51

Runs	14	4

Hits	24	8

Singles	17	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	12	8

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	31	21

Batting Average	.203	.157

On Base Pct	.299	.189

Slugging Pct	.331	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Robert Jr. CF - NYM	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	165	13

Runs	23	2

Hits	39	3

Singles	25	2

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	23	2

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	49	5

Batting Average	.239	.192

On Base Pct	.311	.261

Slugging Pct	.416	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.580

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Robert Jr. CF - NYM	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Luis Robert Jr. went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Luis Robert Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Luis Robert Jr. is being activated from the IL by the New York Mets on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 20th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Luis Robert Jr. is hopeful to be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Luis Robert Jr. went 1-for-3 with two walks on Friday in a rehab game for Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Luis Robert Jr. CF - NYM			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Jul 28th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Robert Jr. for Zach Cole (2026)

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