Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Grant Anderson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Anderson RP - MIL	Connor Thomas RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 343	‐
VBR	# 605	# 1033

Projections

Strikeouts	6	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.75
WHIP	1.29	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 310	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 360	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Anderson RP - MIL	Connor Thomas RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.1	13.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	42	21

Earned Runs	22	17

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	50	9

Walks	21	7

ERA	3.51	11.20

WHIP	1.12	2.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Anderson RP - MIL	Connor Thomas RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	5.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	6	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	2	2

ERA	4.37	4.75

WHIP	1.29	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Anderson RP - MIL	Connor Thomas RP - KC
News
	The Brewers recalled RHP Grant Anderson from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Royals recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	The Brewers optioned Grant Anderson to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Connor Thomas has been claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Grant Anderson is hopeful to avoid a stint on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	The Athletics designated Connor Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Grant Anderson told reporters he will attempt to play catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Athletics claimed Connor Thomas off waivers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Grant Anderson left Thursday's game early with a forearm contusion. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Anderson RP - MIL			Connor Thomas RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#88	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#244
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Grant Anderson (2026)

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