Who Should I Trade?

Nate Eaton for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1319	# 1338

Projections

Runs	0	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	0	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.228	.161

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 297	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	32	23

Runs	3	2

Hits	4	3

Singles	1	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	5	5

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	12	11

Batting Average	.125	.130

On Base Pct	.282	.167

Slugging Pct	.281	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.563	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	8

Runs	0	1

Hits	1	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	1	3

Batting Average	.228	.161

On Base Pct	.258	.231

Slugging Pct	.280	.225

On-base Plus Slugging	.538	.456

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
News
	The Boston Red Sox optioned Nate Eaton to Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	Nate Eaton will begin serving a two-game suspension on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The MLB has suspended Nate Eaton three games. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Nate Eaton went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs, two RBI, a walk, and a stolen base in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Colorado. He started in left field with Jarren Duran at designated hitter and batted leadoff for the first time. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th	Shay Whitcomb was seen in the Astros clubhouse on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Nate Eaton went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Seattle. He started in right field and provided Boston’s only run with a solo shot to left field in the third inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd	Shay Whitcomb went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cardinals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#307	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#119	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#352	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#192	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

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Nate Eaton for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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