Who Should I Trade?

Nate Pearson for Will Childers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Will Childers RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 324	‐
VBR	# 743	# 1048

Projections

Strikeouts	19	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	5.16
WHIP	1.45	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 277	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.60	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.6	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.58	5.16

WHIP	1.45	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Will Childers RP - MIL
News
	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Nate Pearson could be activated ahead of Monday's series opener against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Nate Pearson will pitch in a rehab game on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU			Will Childers RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Pearson for Will Childers (2026)

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