Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	# 385
VBR	# 204	# 1275

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.197

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	# 390

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	# 449

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	450	69

Runs	63	7

Hits	117	16

Singles	74	10

Doubles	25	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	2

RBI	77	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	5

Strikeouts	103	21

Batting Average	.260	.232

On Base Pct	.322	.312

Slugging Pct	.433	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	5

Runs	15	1

Hits	28	1

Singles	18	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	25	1

Batting Average	.249	.197

On Base Pct	.328	.228

Slugging Pct	.418	.246

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.474

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th	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
	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#263
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#325
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#277	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#364	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#367
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#294	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#417
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#159	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#353
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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