Who Should I Trade?

Trevor Larnach for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	# 383
VBR	# 329	# 1351

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.250	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 168	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	294	51

Runs	49	4

Hits	84	8

Singles	54	4

Doubles	19	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	41	8

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	38	1

Strikeouts	60	21

Batting Average	.286	.157

On Base Pct	.373	.189

Slugging Pct	.459	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.832	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	124	13

Runs	17	1

Hits	31	2

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	31	5

Batting Average	.250	.190

On Base Pct	.332	.261

Slugging Pct	.406	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.583

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	The Astros are reportedly "in" on Trevor Larnach. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Trevor Larnach did his part, but it still wasn’t enough to stop Minnesota from coughing up a 7-6 loss to Seattle. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Trevor Larnach went 1-for-3 in a 4-3 loss to the Mariners on Saturday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 2nd	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 in a win over the Guardians with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels on Sunday with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Trevor Larnach LF,RF,DH - MIN			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
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?

Trevor Larnach for Zach Cole (2026)

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