Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Connor Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	‐
VBR	# 378	# 869

Projections

Strikeouts	24	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.55	4.81
WHIP	1.25	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.0	6.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	19	15

Earned Runs	11	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	53	4

Walks	25	6

ERA	2.61	21.32

WHIP	1.16	3.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.5	10.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	14	12

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	24	8

Walks	9	4

ERA	3.55	4.81

WHIP	1.25	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
News
	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	The Athletics designated Connor Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th	The Athletics claimed Connor Thomas off waivers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
		The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			Connor Thomas RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Connor Thomas (2026)

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