Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Sal Frelick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 589	# 1329

Projections

Runs	13	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.254	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 141	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	276	94

Runs	33	12

Hits	65	17

Singles	47	6

Doubles	14	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	34	10

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	25	3

Strikeouts	31	23

Batting Average	.236	.181

On Base Pct	.301	.222

Slugging Pct	.330	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.630	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	97	12

Runs	13	2

Hits	25	2

Singles	18	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	14	3

Batting Average	.254	.208

On Base Pct	.319	.256

Slugging Pct	.354	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.673	.585

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	Sal Frelick had a cortisone injection in his right shoulder last week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Sal Frelick will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Sal Frelick remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Brewers placed OF Sal Frelick on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 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
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters that Sal Frelick could miss extended time. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#249
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Sal Frelick (2026)

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