Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for TJ Friedl (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 739	# 447

Projections

Runs	14	13
Home Runs	3	4
RBI	11	14
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.236	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 251	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	203	114

Runs	19	11

Hits	34	23

Singles	24	16

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	20	4

Strikeouts	54	37

Batting Average	.168	.202

On Base Pct	.254	.235

Slugging Pct	.251	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.506	.569

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	97

Runs	14	13

Hits	25	24

Singles	17	14

Doubles	4	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	11	14

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	6

Strikeouts	23	31

Batting Average	.236	.241

On Base Pct	.325	.294

Slugging Pct	.365	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Colby Thomas remains out of the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th	Colby Thomas is getting more imaging on his wrist on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th	Colby Thomas left Monday's game early with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	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
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for TJ Friedl (2026)

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