Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Lane Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	# 237
VBR	# 245	# 183

Projections

Runs	19	22
Home Runs	2	6
RBI	15	21
Stolen Bases	8	5
Batting Average	.247	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	# 148

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 233	# 232

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 216	# 264

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 223	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	270

Runs	39	30

Hits	69	62

Singles	45	36

Doubles	13	16

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	10

RBI	35	37

Stolen Bases	13	6

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	17	38

Strikeouts	57	73

Batting Average	.236	.230

On Base Pct	.289	.327

Slugging Pct	.386	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.727

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	160

Runs	19	22

Hits	38	38

Singles	28	23

Doubles	7	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	6

RBI	15	21

Stolen Bases	8	5

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	11	17

Strikeouts	32	45

Batting Average	.247	.235

On Base Pct	.305	.313

Slugging Pct	.348	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.653	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Jacob Young went 2-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	Jacob Young went 3-for-4 in Monday's 7-3 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with two RBI, one stolen base and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a walk and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Lane Thomas went 0-for-3 in a loss to the Padres with one walk, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 6-1 win over San Diego with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th
	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Padres with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Young CF - WSH			Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Lane Thomas (2026)

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