Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Lane Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	# 240
VBR	# 268	# 378

Projections

Runs	19	14
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	18	12
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.241	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	# 239

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 232

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 159

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	166	289

Runs	22	32

Hits	38	66

Singles	23	40

Doubles	10	16

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	10

RBI	21	37

Stolen Bases	1	7

Caught Stealing	2	3

Walks	17	40

Strikeouts	40	79

Batting Average	.229	.228

On Base Pct	.307	.324

Slugging Pct	.368	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	100

Runs	19	14

Hits	38	23

Singles	24	15

Doubles	8	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	18	12

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	10

Strikeouts	47	29

Batting Average	.241	.234

On Base Pct	.311	.310

Slugging Pct	.387	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.707

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
News
	Braden Montgomery was scratched from the White Sox’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a superficial skin infection on his right ankle. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals have traded outfielder Lane Thomas and left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
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 (7-6)	#191	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
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 (7-10)	#64
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)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Lane Thomas (2026)

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