Who Should I Trade?

Joe Mantiply for Zack Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR	Zack Thompson RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 845	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.00	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	2.04	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.00	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR	Zack Thompson RP - STL
News
	Joe Mantiply has resumed throwing bullpens. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cardinals reassigned LHP Zack Thompson to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Joe Mantiply is going to have arthroscopic surgery to clean up some damage. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Joe Mantiply has been cleared to resume throwing this weekend. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Blue Jays placed Joe Mantiply on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Blue Jays selected the contract of Joe Mantiply. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR			Zack Thompson RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Mantiply for Zack Thompson (2026)

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