Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Roman Anthony (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 143	# 265
VBR	# 392	# 193

Projections

Runs	19	23
Home Runs	4	6
RBI	16	22
Stolen Bases	2	6
Batting Average	.263	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 103	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 158	# 232

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 159

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	109	246

Runs	12	29

Hits	25	60

Singles	18	35

Doubles	5	16

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	9

RBI	5	34

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	20	36

Strikeouts	33	64

Batting Average	.229	.244

On Base Pct	.354	.343

Slugging Pct	.321	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.761

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	167

Runs	19	23

Hits	31	40

Singles	19	24

Doubles	7	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	6

RBI	16	22

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	18	18

Strikeouts	34	46

Batting Average	.263	.237

On Base Pct	.363	.315

Slugging Pct	.435	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Roman Anthony has yet to resume swinging a bat. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Roman Anthony continues to make slow progress. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony (finger) will meet with hand specialist Dr. Gary Lourie in Atlanta on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Roman Anthony is scheduled to visit with a hand specialist this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	Roman Anthony hasn't resumed swinging yet. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roman Anthony LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS			Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Roman Anthony (2026)

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