Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Colby Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 59	# 493

Projections

Runs	30	15
Home Runs	9	5
RBI	35	16
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.274	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	372	102

Runs	53	11

Hits	104	21

Singles	65	14

Doubles	23	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	4

RBI	69	11

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	33	4

Strikeouts	61	32

Batting Average	.280	.206

On Base Pct	.342	.236

Slugging Pct	.468	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.810	.589

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	228	112

Runs	30	15

Hits	62	26

Singles	41	15

Doubles	12	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	35	16

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	19	7

Strikeouts	37	35

Batting Average	.274	.237

On Base Pct	.335	.290

Slugging Pct	.453	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 9-3 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Brewers with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Monday's 9-4 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in the win over the Cubs with one RBI and one stolen base while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Colby Thomas went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with an RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with four RBI and one run scored. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	Colby Thomas went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, May 3rd
	Alec Burleson went 1-for-5 in Thursday's win over Atlanta with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	With Denzel Clarke (foot) and Brent Rooker (oblique) currently on the injured list, the Athletics have brought up Thomas to provide depth. Over 17 games with Las Vegas this season, he produced a .309/.397/.574 slash line. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, May 18th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Colby Thomas (2026)

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