Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Grant Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 232	# 819

Projections

Strikeouts	37	8
Wins	2	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.29	4.50
WHIP	1.23	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	1

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	48.1	3.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	36	5

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	67	2

Walks	17	1

ERA	2.79	9.82

WHIP	1.10	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	32	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.9	11.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	25	12

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	37	8

Walks	11	4

ERA	3.29	4.50

WHIP	1.23	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Grant Taylor (2026)

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