Who Should I Trade?

Christian Yelich for Colby Thomas (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	‐
VBR	# 127	# 475

Projections

Runs	26	14
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	23	15
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.256	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 158	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 65	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 84	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 81	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 97	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	276	109

Runs	44	11

Hits	66	23

Singles	40	16

Doubles	17	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	37	11

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	32	4

Strikeouts	86	35

Batting Average	.239	.211

On Base Pct	.323	.246

Slugging Pct	.391	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	170	103

Runs	26	14

Hits	43	24

Singles	29	14

Doubles	8	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	23	15

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	22	6

Strikeouts	49	33

Batting Average	.256	.236

On Base Pct	.350	.289

Slugging Pct	.420	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
News
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Rockies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Colby Thomas remains out of the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Christian Yelich went 0-for-3 in a win over the Marlins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-3 in an 8-6 win over the Marlins with a double, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Colby Thomas is getting more imaging on his wrist on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Christian Yelich went 3-for-5 in Monday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals with two doubles and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Colby Thomas left Monday's game early with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 9-3 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN

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Christian Yelich for Colby Thomas (2026)

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