Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Tolbert for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 279	# 383
VBR	# 1011	# 1320

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	6	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.236	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 240	# 479

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	# 374

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	72	51

Runs	21	4

Hits	24	8

Singles	19	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	6	8

Stolen Bases	14	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	13	21

Batting Average	.333	.157

On Base Pct	.380	.189

Slugging Pct	.486	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.866	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	67	14

Runs	10	2

Hits	16	3

Singles	11	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	6	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Batting Average	.236	.184

On Base Pct	.287	.247

Slugging Pct	.342	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.547

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Tyler Tolbert went 2-for-3 in a win over the Twins with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one stolen base and a walk. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Tyler Tolbert entered the game as a pinch runner, swiped a bag and scored in Thursday's loss to the Tigers. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Tyler Tolbert picked up his 11th stolen base of the season despite not recording an at-bat in the win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Tyler Tolbert went 5-for-6 in win over the Mets with a home run, four runs scored, two RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Tyler Tolbert went 5-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with a home run, a double, three runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Tolbert for Zach Cole (2026)

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