Who Should I Trade?

Max Clark for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Max Clark CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 1375	# 1230

Projections

Runs	2	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	2	3
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.185	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Max Clark CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.157	‐

On Base Pct	.189	‐

Slugging Pct	.353	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.542	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Max Clark CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	18	27

Runs	2	3

Hits	3	6

Singles	2	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	3

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	3

Strikeouts	7	6

Batting Average	.185	.240

On Base Pct	.250	.316

Slugging Pct	.310	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.560	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Max Clark CF - DET
News
	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	The Tigers have reassigned top prospect Max Clark to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	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
	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
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU			Max Clark CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Max Clark for Zach Cole (2026)

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