Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 97	# 1345

Projections

Runs	34	3
Home Runs	10	1
RBI	31	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.251	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	364	94

Runs	59	12

Hits	92	17

Singles	66	6

Doubles	19	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	27	10

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	77	3

Strikeouts	93	23

Batting Average	.253	.181

On Base Pct	.386	.222

Slugging Pct	.363	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.749	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	223	19

Runs	34	3

Hits	56	4

Singles	35	3

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	31	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	32	1

Strikeouts	60	4

Batting Average	.251	.215

On Base Pct	.349	.259

Slugging Pct	.437	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Taylor Ward (2026)

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