Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Lane Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 199	# 481

Projections

Runs	24	18
Home Runs	6	6
RBI	23	18
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.237	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	235	143

Runs	28	17

Hits	56	35

Singles	33	22

Doubles	15	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	6

RBI	32	18

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	35	13

Strikeouts	61	34

Batting Average	.238	.245

On Base Pct	.339	.323

Slugging Pct	.404	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	132

Runs	24	18

Hits	42	31

Singles	25	19

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	23	18

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	13

Strikeouts	48	36

Batting Average	.237	.236

On Base Pct	.315	.313

Slugging Pct	.408	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	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	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in loss to the Mets with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with two doubles, one run scored, four RBI, two walks and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
	Lane Thomas went 2-for-3 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, one walk and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Jared Young was activated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Lane Thomas (2026)

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