Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Gavin Lux (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 48	# 1138

Projections

Runs	28	11
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	33	10
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.276	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 55	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	383	‐

Runs	53	‐

Hits	107	‐

Singles	68	‐

Doubles	23	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	69	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	34	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Batting Average	.279	‐

On Base Pct	.342	‐

Slugging Pct	.462	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.804	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	214	89

Runs	28	11

Hits	59	22

Singles	39	15

Doubles	11	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	33	10

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	11

Strikeouts	35	23

Batting Average	.276	.245

On Base Pct	.336	.329

Slugging Pct	.454	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Brewers with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in the win over the Cubs with one RBI and one stolen base while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with four RBI and one run scored. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	Gavin Lux is scheduled to face Craig Kimbrel in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Gavin Lux (2026)

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