Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 193	# 1328

Projections

Runs	23	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	22	1
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.237	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	250	55

Runs	29	8

Hits	60	12

Singles	35	5

Doubles	16	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	34	12

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	36	5

Strikeouts	66	17

Batting Average	.240	.218

On Base Pct	.338	.283

Slugging Pct	.412	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	9

Runs	23	1

Hits	40	2

Singles	24	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	22	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	46	3

Batting Average	.237	.218

On Base Pct	.315	.295

Slugging Pct	.409	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
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	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 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	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 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	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Ryan Ward (2026)

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