Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Colby Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	‐
VBR	# 132	# 1210

Projections

Runs	18	4
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	11	4
Stolen Bases	12	1
Batting Average	.284	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 106	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 108	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 153	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	386	114

Runs	46	11

Hits	114	23

Singles	97	16

Doubles	11	3

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	0	4

RBI	23	11

Stolen Bases	28	1

Caught Stealing	11	1

Walks	20	4

Strikeouts	39	37

Batting Average	.295	.202

On Base Pct	.326	.235

Slugging Pct	.355	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	.569

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	31

Runs	18	4

Hits	40	7

Singles	33	4

Doubles	5	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	11	4

Stolen Bases	12	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	16	10

Batting Average	.284	.231

On Base Pct	.319	.290

Slugging Pct	.341	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.660	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - PHI
News
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with a run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Monday's 13-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	The Athletics optioned Colby Thomas to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Chandler Simpson went 3-for-3 with three singles in Sunday's 9-1 loss against the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Colby Thomas remains out of the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 6-1 loss against the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	Athletics outfielder Colby Thomas (wrist) said he felt better and was available off of the bench on Wednesday against the D-backs. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Colby Thomas is getting more imaging on his wrist on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	Colby Thomas left Monday's game early with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, May 9th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Colby Thomas (2026)

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