Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Cody Bellinger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	‐
VBR	# 53	# 1331

Projections

Runs	30	2
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	31	2
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.261	.221

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 110	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 41	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	374	94

Runs	52	12

Hits	97	17

Singles	62	6

Doubles	21	9

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	53	10

Stolen Bases	10	4

Caught Stealing	6	0

Walks	55	3

Strikeouts	70	23

Batting Average	.259	.181

On Base Pct	.350	.222

Slugging Pct	.420	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	203	15

Runs	30	2

Hits	53	3

Singles	34	2

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	31	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	1

Strikeouts	35	4

Batting Average	.261	.221

On Base Pct	.335	.264

Slugging Pct	.443	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.609

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	Cody Bellinger will return to New York for tests on his left hamstring on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Cody Bellinger was doing light agility drills in left field on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	The Yankees placed Cody Bellinger on the 10-day IL with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Cody Bellinger told reporters he will undergo tests on a hamstring injury that forced him out of Saturday's game early. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Cody Bellinger left Saturday's game early against the Phillies with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Cody Bellinger (2026)

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