Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Lane Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	# 237
VBR	# 800	# 194

Projections

Runs	11	20
Home Runs	3	5
RBI	11	19
Stolen Bases	1	5
Batting Average	.249	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	# 148

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 232

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 261	# 264

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	283

Runs	3	31

Hits	10	65

Singles	8	39

Doubles	1	16

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	10

RBI	7	37

Stolen Bases	0	7

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	1	39

Strikeouts	13	78

Batting Average	.233	.230

On Base Pct	.250	.325

Slugging Pct	.326	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	82	147

Runs	11	20

Hits	21	35

Singles	13	21

Doubles	4	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	5

RBI	11	19

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	6	15

Strikeouts	22	41

Batting Average	.249	.236

On Base Pct	.303	.313

Slugging Pct	.418	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Royals have traded outfielder Lane Thomas and left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Twins with a run scored, one stolen base and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with two RBI, one stolen base and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Lane Thomas went 0-for-3 in a loss to the Padres with one walk, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS			Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Lane Thomas (2026)

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