Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1144	# 747

Projections

Strikeouts	41	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.38	4.38
WHIP	1.56	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	2

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	100.2	6.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	141	15

Earned Runs	75	15

Home Runs Allowed	16	4

Strikeouts	78	4

Walks	39	6

ERA	6.71	21.32

WHIP	1.79	3.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	16

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	54.4	12.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	13

Earned Runs	32	6

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	41	9

Walks	21	4

ERA	5.38	4.38

WHIP	1.56	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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