Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Tyler Callihan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 199	# 1159

Projections

Runs	24	9
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	23	9
Stolen Bases	6	2
Batting Average	.237	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 246

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	239	82

Runs	29	13

Hits	58	20

Singles	33	11

Doubles	16	4

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	34	15

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	35	9

Strikeouts	61	29

Batting Average	.243	.244

On Base Pct	.342	.323

Slugging Pct	.423	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.774

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	80

Runs	24	9

Hits	41	18

Singles	25	12

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	23	9

Stolen Bases	6	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	48	25

Batting Average	.237	.227

On Base Pct	.315	.292

Slugging Pct	.409	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - KC	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	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	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th
	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 Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Lane Thomas went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with two doubles, one run scored, four RBI, two walks and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Lane Thomas went 2-for-3 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, one walk and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Left fielder/second baseman Tyler Callihan has been traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Kyle Nicolas. David Leisering Wed, Mar 4th
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			Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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