Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 269	# 383
VBR	# 291	# 1329

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	15	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.261	.193

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	251	51

Runs	28	4

Hits	67	8

Singles	51	4

Doubles	11	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	18	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	39	21

Batting Average	.267	.157

On Base Pct	.325	.189

Slugging Pct	.371	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	11

Runs	17	1

Hits	34	2

Singles	24	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	23	4

Batting Average	.261	.193

On Base Pct	.320	.258

Slugging Pct	.383	.309

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.567

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	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
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Zach Cole (2026)

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