Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Thompson for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 354	‐
VBR	# 611	# 722

Projections

Strikeouts	11	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	4.30
WHIP	1.41	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 382	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	40.2	20.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	50	22

Earned Runs	19	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	29	17

Walks	13	8

ERA	4.20	2.66

WHIP	1.55	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	10.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	14	10

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	9

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.09	4.30

WHIP	1.41	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
News
	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
		The Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
		The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
		Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Thompson for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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