Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Randal Grichuk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	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	# 1191	# 508

Projections

Runs	7	13
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	7	14
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.232	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DTD

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	148	103

Runs	23	11

Hits	36	21

Singles	16	14

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	24	11

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	4

Strikeouts	37	32

Batting Average	.243	.204

On Base Pct	.276	.241

Slugging Pct	.507	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	96

Runs	7	13

Hits	13	23

Singles	8	13

Doubles	3	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	7	14

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	4	6

Strikeouts	13	31

Batting Average	.232	.238

On Base Pct	.283	.291

Slugging Pct	.413	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
News
	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Colby Thomas remains out of the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Randal Grichuk went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a solo home run, one double, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	Colby Thomas is getting more imaging on his wrist on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Randal Grichuk delivered the heavy lifting even as Chicago let this one slip away. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 6th	Colby Thomas left Monday's game early with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Randal Grichuk provided a quick jolt, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-4 loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st	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
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Randal Grichuk (2026)

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