Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 1312	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.185	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	69	18

Runs	7	3

Hits	16	2

Singles	10	0

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	10	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	21	8

Batting Average	.232	.111

On Base Pct	.312	.200

Slugging Pct	.377	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.185	‐

On Base Pct	.283	‐

Slugging Pct	.234	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.517	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#307	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#327	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#323
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#351	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#80
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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