Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Brent Rooker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1388

Projections

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

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 102	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	180	94

Runs	20	12

Hits	36	17

Singles	22	6

Doubles	4	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	29	10

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	3

Strikeouts	65	23

Batting Average	.200	.181

On Base Pct	.281	.222

Slugging Pct	.389	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	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
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	Brent Rooker underwent successful left knee arthroscopic surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Brent Rooker is set to undergo season-ending left knee surgery to address cartilage damage. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 1st	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Brent Rooker is away from the Athletics on Tuesday being re-evaluated at Stanford for his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Brent Rooker has started a running and hitting progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Brent Rooker remains held out of baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Brent Rooker (2026)

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