Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Zack Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Zack Thompson RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 738	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.40	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	9.00	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.40	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Zack Thompson RP - STL
News
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Cardinals reassigned LHP Zack Thompson to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA			Zack Thompson RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Zack Thompson (2026)

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