Who Should I Trade?

Yanquiel Fernandez for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1329	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.193	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 373	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
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	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	11	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Batting Average	.193	‐

On Base Pct	.258	‐

Slugging Pct	.309	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.567	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
News
	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	The Yankees reassigned OF Yanquiel Fernandez to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Yanquiel Fernandez has been outrighted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and invited to New York Yankees’ major league spring training as a non-roster invitee. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 16th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th	The New York Yankees designated Yanquiel Fernandez for assignment on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 9th
	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	The Yankees claimed OF Yanquiel Fernandez off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th	Yanquiel Fernandez has been designated for assignment by the Colorado Rockies. The move frees up a spot on Colorado's 40-man roster. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
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 Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU			Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Yanquiel Fernandez for Zach Cole (2026)

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