Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Connor Thomas RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 690	# 835

Projections

Strikeouts	12	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.78
WHIP	1.44	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 385	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Connor Thomas RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	6.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	15

Earned Runs	11	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	20	4

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.37	21.32

WHIP	1.24	3.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Connor Thomas RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	10.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	13	11

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.35	4.78

WHIP	1.44	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX	Connor Thomas RP - KC
News
	The Rangers selected the contract of LHP Robby Ahlstrom from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Connor Thomas has been claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Rangers reassigned LHP Robby Ahlstrom to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th	The Athletics designated Connor Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
		The Athletics claimed Connor Thomas off waivers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
		The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX			Connor Thomas RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

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