Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Sanchez for Lane Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	# 274
VBR	# 193	# 273

Projections

Runs	23	18
Home Runs	6	6
RBI	22	19
Stolen Bases	6	3
Batting Average	.237	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 268

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	215

Runs	29	22

Hits	60	59

Singles	35	38

Doubles	16	14

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	7

RBI	34	29

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	36	10

Strikeouts	66	52

Batting Average	.240	.274

On Base Pct	.338	.316

Slugging Pct	.412	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	136

Runs	23	18

Hits	40	34

Singles	24	21

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	22	19

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	18	12

Strikeouts	46	35

Batting Average	.237	.251

On Base Pct	.315	.316

Slugging Pct	.409	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.747

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
News
	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	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jesus Sanchez could begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Jesus Sanchez is scheduled to hit against live pitching on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jesus Sanchez resumed running and hitting on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Blue Jays placed Jesus Sanchez on the 10-day injured list with a right ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Jesús Sañchez sustained a right ankle sprain during Friday night’s game against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC			Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Sanchez for Lane Thomas (2026)

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