Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Justin Lawrence (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Connor Thomas RP - ATL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1042	# 770

Projections

Strikeouts	6	22
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.65	4.41
WHIP	1.49	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	DFA

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connor Thomas RP - ATL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	37

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.2	34.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	5	39

Earned Runs	4	28

Home Runs Allowed	1	9

Strikeouts	2	43

Walks	1	28

ERA	9.82	7.34

WHIP	1.64	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connor Thomas RP - ATL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	21.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	9	19

Earned Runs	4	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	6	22

Walks	3	11

ERA	4.65	4.41

WHIP	1.49	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Thomas RP - ATL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
News
	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	The Nationals designated Justin Lawrence for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	Justin Lawrence allowed a hit and a walk but no runs to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th
		Justin Lawrence joins the Nationals bullpen on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
		The Nationals have claimed RHP Justin Lawrence off waivers from the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
		The Twins designated RHP Justin Lawrence for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connor Thomas RP - ATL			Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Justin Lawrence (2026)

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