Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Austin Slater (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1388

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.186

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 454	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	65	94

Runs	6	12

Hits	15	17

Singles	12	6

Doubles	3	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	3	10

Stolen Bases	4	4

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	21	23

Batting Average	.231	.181

On Base Pct	.311	.222

Slugging Pct	.277	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.588	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	9

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	2

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Batting Average	‐	.186

On Base Pct	‐	.227

Slugging Pct	‐	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.531

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Austin Slater pinch-hit for Victor Mesa Jr. in the ninth inning and drew a walk before stealing a base in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 18th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Saturday as the Diamondbacks dropped a 6-4 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Sat, Apr 25th
	Austin Slater went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base on Thursday as Arizona dropped a 4-1 decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Austin Slater (2026)

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