Who Should I Trade?

Michael Conforto for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 288	# 384
VBR	# 1047	# 1374

Projections

Runs	13	2
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	13	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.226	.186

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 248	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 368	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	151	51

Runs	21	4

Hits	36	8

Singles	17	4

Doubles	10	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	24	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	52	21

Batting Average	.238	.157

On Base Pct	.326	.189

Slugging Pct	.483	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.809	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	18

Runs	13	2

Hits	22	3

Singles	14	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	13	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	29	7

Batting Average	.226	.186

On Base Pct	.318	.252

Slugging Pct	.395	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.564

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Michael Conforto went 1-for2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two walks, four runs scored and four RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 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
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Michael Conforto hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as part of a two-hit day on Sunday. The White Sox, however, won the game, 9-8, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, May 17th	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Conforto for Zach Cole (2026)

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