Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Lane Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 239	‐
VBR	# 373	# 1231

Projections

Runs	14	4
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	13	3
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.232	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 239	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 452

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	89

Runs	31	14

Hits	66	14

Singles	40	7

Doubles	16	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	37	11

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	39	10

Strikeouts	78	22

Batting Average	.232	.157

On Base Pct	.326	.250

Slugging Pct	.393	.258

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.508

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	34

Runs	14	4

Hits	24	7

Singles	15	5

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	13	3

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	4

Strikeouts	30	10

Batting Average	.232	.215

On Base Pct	.309	.297

Slugging Pct	.394	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE
News
	The Royals have traded outfielder Lane Thomas and left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	The Guardians acquired OF Blake Perkins and RHP Craig Yoho from the Guardians for C Bo Naylor and RHP Codi Heuer. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 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	The Brewers recalled OF Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Blake Perkins was optioned to Triple-A Nashville ahead of Tuesday's doubleheader. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Blake Perkins went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Phillies with a double and a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Blake Perkins went 0-for-3 in a win over the Twins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
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 - ATL			Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Lane Thomas (2026)

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