Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Michael Petersen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 303	‐
VBR	# 496	# 833

Projections

Strikeouts	23	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.13	4.48
WHIP	1.37	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.0	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	16	0

Hits Allowed	26	5

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	48	2

Walks	15	1

ERA	3.07	9.82

WHIP	1.00	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	11.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	12

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	9

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.13	4.48

WHIP	1.37	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	Michael Petersen is dealing with right hamstring tightness and will undergo further testing to determine the severity. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Michael Petersen earned his first save of the season, striking out two batters and allowing two hits in a scoreless inning during Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 9th	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#162	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#347	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#346
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#313	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#50
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#186
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#313
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#313	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#172
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#273
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#232	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#230
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#231	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Michael Petersen (2026)

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