Who Should I Trade?

Robert Hassell III for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 1359	# 1346

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.186	.203

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.157	‐

On Base Pct	.189	‐

Slugging Pct	.353	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.542	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	18	10

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	2

Singles	2	2

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	7	3

Batting Average	.186	.203

On Base Pct	.252	.252

Slugging Pct	.312	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.564	.555

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
News
	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Robert Hassell III from the Washington Nationals for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Nationals designated Robert Hassell III for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th	Hassell was projected to open the season as Washington's No. 4 outfielder but hit .223/.257/.315 across 70 games in his rookie campaign last season. He also posted an .839 OPS at Triple-A Rochester in 2025. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	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
	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
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU			Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Robert Hassell III for Zach Cole (2026)

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