Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Estevez for Zack Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zack Thompson RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 291	‐
VBR	# 951	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.20	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 203	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	0.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	162.00	‐

WHIP	18.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.20	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC	Zack Thompson RP - STL
News
	Carlos Estevez started a throwing program on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cardinals reassigned LHP Zack Thompson to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Carlos Estevez is being re-evaluated on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Carlos Estevez did not feel great following Saturday’s bullpen session and will be re-evaluated in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Estevez RP - KC			Zack Thompson RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Estevez for Zack Thompson (2026)

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