Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Mike Tauchman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 193	# 1293

Projections

Runs	23	3
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	22	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.237	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	‐

Runs	29	‐

Hits	60	‐

Singles	35	‐

Doubles	16	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	34	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	36	‐

Strikeouts	66	‐

Batting Average	.240	‐

On Base Pct	.338	‐

Slugging Pct	.412	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	18

Runs	23	3

Hits	40	4

Singles	24	3

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	22	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	3

Strikeouts	46	5

Batting Average	.237	.230

On Base Pct	.315	.330

Slugging Pct	.409	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.662

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
News
	Lane Thomas went 0-for-3 in a loss to the Padres with one walk, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Mets outfielder Mike Tauchman underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss six weeks. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 26th
	Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 6-1 win over San Diego with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Mike Tauchman has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his right knee and will require surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Padres with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Mike Tauchman left Saturday’s spring training game against the Astros with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Mets and outfielder Mike Tauchman have agreed to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Mon, Feb 16th
	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in loss to the Mets with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC			Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Mike Tauchman (2026)

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