Who Should I Trade?

Parker Meadows for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Meadows CF - DET	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	# 358	# 384
VBR	# 1172	# 1324

Projections

Runs	9	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	3
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.225	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 350	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 320	# 479

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


At Bats	36	51

Runs	3	4

Hits	9	8

Singles	7	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	2	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	10	21

Batting Average	.250	.157

On Base Pct	.308	.189

Slugging Pct	.333	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.542

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


At Bats	69	24

Runs	9	3

Hits	16	4

Singles	10	3

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	19	9

Batting Average	.225	.188

On Base Pct	.298	.256

Slugging Pct	.370	.315

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Meadows CF - DET	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Parker Meadows is continuing to complete rehab daily. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Parker Meadows underwent surgery on Monday to repair a radial fracture in left forearm. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Tigers transferred OF Parker Meadows to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	The Tigers placed OF Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a left radius fracture and a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	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
	Parker Meadows left Thursday's game early on a cart following a collision with Riley Greene in the outfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th	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
	Parker Meadows CF - DET			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
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?

Parker Meadows for Zach Cole (2026)

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