Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 1301	# 1394

Projections

Runs	1	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.184	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	69	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.232	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.377	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	4

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	0

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	2	1

Batting Average	.184	.157

On Base Pct	.267	.191

Slugging Pct	.240	.213

On-base Plus Slugging	.508	.404

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
News
	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Royals claimed Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	The Angels designated Matthew Lugo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Angels optioned OF Matthew Lugo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL			Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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