Who Should I Trade?

Taylor Ward for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	# 384
VBR	# 102	# 1338

Projections

Runs	31	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	28	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.249	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 82	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	387	51

Runs	63	4

Hits	97	8

Singles	70	4

Doubles	20	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	27	8

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	81	1

Strikeouts	97	21

Batting Average	.251	.157

On Base Pct	.386	.189

Slugging Pct	.357	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	203	16

Runs	31	2

Hits	51	3

Singles	31	2

Doubles	10	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	28	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	29	1

Strikeouts	54	6

Batting Average	.249	.192

On Base Pct	.348	.259

Slugging Pct	.432	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.570

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#261	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Taylor Ward for Zach Cole (2026)

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