Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Jared Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 481	# 469

Projections

Runs	18	15
Home Runs	6	5
RBI	18	16
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.236	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	143	99

Runs	17	11

Hits	35	20

Singles	22	13

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	18	11

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	34	31

Batting Average	.245	.202

On Base Pct	.323	.233

Slugging Pct	.420	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	132	112

Runs	18	15

Hits	31	27

Singles	19	15

Doubles	6	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	18	16

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	7

Strikeouts	36	35

Batting Average	.236	.240

On Base Pct	.313	.293

Slugging Pct	.419	.434

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.727

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
News
	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th	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
	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Monday's 9-4 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th
	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd	Colby Thomas went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with an RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st	Colby Thomas went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, May 3rd
	Jared Young was activated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	With Denzel Clarke (foot) and Brent Rooker (oblique) currently on the injured list, the Athletics have brought up Thomas to provide depth. Over 17 games with Las Vegas this season, he produced a .309/.397/.574 slash line. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 22nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Jared Young (2026)

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