Who Should I Trade?

Matt Vierling for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 311	# 386
VBR	# 1101	# 1277

Projections

Runs	9	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	9	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.244	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 449

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	266	69

Runs	24	7

Hits	55	16

Singles	34	10

Doubles	13	4

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	31	10

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	19	5

Strikeouts	49	21

Batting Average	.207	.232

On Base Pct	.255	.312

Slugging Pct	.335	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.590	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	74	13

Runs	9	2

Hits	18	3

Singles	12	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	9	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	17	3

Batting Average	.244	.236

On Base Pct	.308	.302

Slugging Pct	.384	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	The Tigers placed Matt Vierling on the 10-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Matt Vierling left Wednesday's game early with a groin injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Matt Vierling left Wednesday's game early with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Matt Vierling went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#393
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Vierling for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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