Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 388
VBR	# 1160	# 1287

Projections

Runs	7	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.257	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 449

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 373	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	14	69

Runs	0	7

Hits	4	16

Singles	3	10

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	1	10

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	5

Strikeouts	2	21

Batting Average	.286	.232

On Base Pct	.333	.312

Slugging Pct	.357	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	14

Runs	7	2

Hits	14	3

Singles	9	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	15	4

Batting Average	.257	.231

On Base Pct	.308	.299

Slugging Pct	.420	.338

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	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
	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Orioles placed 1B Ryan Mountcastle on the 60-day injured list with a left foot fracture. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Orioles infielder Ryan Mount Castle has been diagnosed with a broken fourth metatarsal bone in his left foot, according to manager Craig Albernaz. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 12th	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
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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