Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 1323	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.206	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	69	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.232	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.377	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	10	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.206	‐

On Base Pct	.290	‐

Slugging Pct	.302	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.592	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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