Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Wenceel Perez (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	# 256
VBR	# 198	# 1220

Projections

Runs	20	4
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	18	3
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.236	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 264	# 259

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 253

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 148	# 263

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	# 302

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	161

Runs	31	22

Hits	66	29

Singles	40	17

Doubles	16	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	7

RBI	37	17

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	39	14

Strikeouts	78	29

Batting Average	.232	.180

On Base Pct	.326	.246

Slugging Pct	.393	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	141	31

Runs	20	4

Hits	33	7

Singles	21	5

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	18	3

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	40	7

Batting Average	.236	.239

On Base Pct	.314	.306

Slugging Pct	.405	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lane Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATL	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET
News
	The Royals have traded outfielder Lane Thomas and left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Wenceel Perez began his rehab assignment at Single-A Lakeland on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Tigers outfielder Wenceel Perez (orbital fracture) has rejoined the team and started a hitting progression on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	The Tigers transferred Wenceel Perez to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Tigers are placing Wenceel Perez on the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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	Wenceel Perez is not expected to be available for Wednesday’s game against the Astros. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
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			Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Lane Thomas for Wenceel Perez (2026)

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