Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 298	# 356
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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	# 382

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	# 331

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.1	40.2

Wins	2	4

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	7

Hits Allowed	35	50

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	39	29

Walks	8	13

ERA	4.60	4.20

WHIP	1.37	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Projections


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Blown Saves	‐	‐

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Hits Allowed	‐	‐

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WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
News
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Justin Slaten has been shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 15th	Ryan Thompson struck out two in a hitless inning for Triple-A Ren on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 21st
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said that Justin Slaten “still feels occasional elbow soreness.” Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	Ryan Thompson is ineligible to pitch again in the regular season. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th
	Justin Slaten is out to 120 feet playing catch. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Diamondbacks transferred RHP Ryan Thompson to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Justin Slaten had an MRI returned that showed no structural damage. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Justin Slaten underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#137
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#257	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#278	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#188
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#211
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#264
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#264
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#282
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#134	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#265
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#216	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#230	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#265	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#102	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#163	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#267
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#264
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#151	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#81
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-2)	#275
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#118
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#250
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#239	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#95
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#155
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#198
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#63	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#279
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Sat, Sep 26th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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