Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	# 387
VBR	# 248	# 1300

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.282	.182

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 63	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	# 391

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 7	# 449

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	214	69

Runs	43	7

Hits	53	16

Singles	26	10

Doubles	10	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	17	2

RBI	38	10

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	42	5

Strikeouts	72	21

Batting Average	.248	.232

On Base Pct	.375	.312

Slugging Pct	.533	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.907	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	71	8

Runs	15	1

Hits	20	2

Singles	10	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	22	2

Batting Average	.282	.182

On Base Pct	.426	.264

Slugging Pct	.597	.237

On-base Plus Slugging	1.023	.501

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge completed another running session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team has not determined when Aaron Judge will be examined again by doctors Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge is continuing to rehab in New York. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said a second doctor confirmed that Aaron Judge isn’t ready for baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Yankees transferred Aaron Judge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#392
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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