Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Braiden Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Thomas CF - LAD	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Thomas CF - LAD	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	113	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	13	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.186	‐

On Base Pct	.227	‐

Slugging Pct	.327	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.554	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Thomas CF - LAD	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


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Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

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Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Thomas CF - LAD	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	The Dodgers sent OF Alek Thomas outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	The Dodgers designed OF Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th
	Alek Thomas was optioned back to the minors ahead of Tuesday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 1st
	The Dodgers are calling up center fielder Alek Thomas. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Thomas CF - LAD			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#129
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#190	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#63	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#81	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#283	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#279
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#188
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#198
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#129	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#146	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#134
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#231	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#126	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#145	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#267	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#266
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#156	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#268
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#203	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#250	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#166
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#166	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#151
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#165	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#219	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#239
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#95
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#255	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF	Yunior Marte (0-2)	#276	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#151	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-2)	#276	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#63
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#151
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Braiden Ward (2026)

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