Who Should I Trade?

Justin Topa for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 354	‐
VBR	# 779	# 912

Projections

Strikeouts	4	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.25
WHIP	1.34	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 382	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	21.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	4

Hits Allowed	50	29

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	29	14

Walks	13	12

ERA	4.20	7.29

WHIP	1.55	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.7	8.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	6	9

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	7

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.92	4.25

WHIP	1.34	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	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	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
		The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
		The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
		The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI			Justin Topa RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#144	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#80	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#437	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#437	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#243	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#243
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#437	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#144	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#243	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#171	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#121
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#109
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Topa for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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