Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Lane Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 200	# 1289

Projections

Runs	24	3
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	23	3
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.237	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	242	39

Runs	29	9

Hits	58	9

Singles	33	7

Doubles	16	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	34	2

Stolen Bases	5	5

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	36	0

Strikeouts	62	15

Batting Average	.240	.231

On Base Pct	.340	.231

Slugging Pct	.417	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	25

Runs	24	3

Hits	41	5

Singles	25	4

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	23	3

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	48	7

Batting Average	.237	.214

On Base Pct	.315	.270

Slugging Pct	.409	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 6-1 win over San Diego with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	Billy Cook went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the Pirates 7-1 win over the Guardians on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Padres with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in loss to the Mets with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with two doubles, one run scored, four RBI, two walks and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Lane Thomas (2026)

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