Who Should I Trade?

Sterlin Thompson for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 388	‐
VBR	# 1287	# 751

Projections

Runs	2	12
Home Runs	0	3
RBI	2	12
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.231	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	# 255

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	69	110

Runs	7	17

Hits	16	25

Singles	10	15

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	8

RBI	10	17

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	5	15

Strikeouts	21	31

Batting Average	.232	.227

On Base Pct	.312	.318

Slugging Pct	.377	.464

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.781

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	93

Runs	2	12

Hits	3	22

Singles	2	14

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	2	12

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	8

Strikeouts	4	23

Batting Average	.231	.240

On Base Pct	.299	.303

Slugging Pct	.338	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.637	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
News
	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL			Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Sterlin Thompson for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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