Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 239	# 309
VBR	# 198	# 783

Projections

Runs	14	13
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	13	11
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.232	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 239	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	175

Runs	31	25

Hits	66	41

Singles	40	25

Doubles	16	8

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	10	5

RBI	37	25

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	39	12

Strikeouts	78	38

Batting Average	.232	.234

On Base Pct	.326	.287

Slugging Pct	.393	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	102

Runs	14	13

Hits	24	22

Singles	15	14

Doubles	5	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	13	11

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	10

Strikeouts	30	32

Batting Average	.232	.220

On Base Pct	.309	.295

Slugging Pct	.394	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
News
	The Royals have traded outfielder Lane Thomas and left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Ryan Kreidler helped fuel Minnesota's offense in Sunday's win, flashing gap power and aggressive baserunning. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Twins with a run scored, one stolen base and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 2-0 win over the Athletics on Saturday with a double and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 26th
	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with two RBI, one stolen base and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-2 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
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 - ATL			Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#77	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#289	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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