Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Austin for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 1170	# 1239

Projections

Runs	7	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	6	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.228	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 394	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	74	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Batting Average	.216	‐

On Base Pct	.284	‐

Slugging Pct	.311	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.595	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	50	25

Runs	7	3

Hits	11	6

Singles	8	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	6	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	2

Strikeouts	17	6

Batting Average	.228	.251

On Base Pct	.301	.321

Slugging Pct	.369	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.772

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	The Astros are reportedly calling Zach Dezenzo up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Astros optioned OF Zach Dezenzo to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Zach Dezenzo went 1-for-3 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Zach Dezenzo has been called up from Triple-A. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	The Astros activated Zach Dezenzo from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Austin for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

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