Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for LuJames Groover (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1327	‐

Projections

Runs	0	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	0	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.233	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	48	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.167	‐

On Base Pct	.259	‐

Slugging Pct	.271	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.530	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	4	7

Runs	0	1

Hits	1	2

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	1	2

Batting Average	.233	.214

On Base Pct	.260	.267

Slugging Pct	.275	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.535	.552

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
News
	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	LuJames Groover went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 9-4 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Cubs claimed INF Ben Cowles off waivers. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	LuJames Groover went 1-for-3 with an RBI single on Saturday as the Diamondbacks suffered a 6-1 loss to the Nationals. David Leisering Sat, Jun 6th	The Blue Jays have claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Cubs designated Ben Cowles for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
		Ben Cowles has been claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs. Cowles was designated for assignment by the White Sox last week. David Leisering Thu, Jan 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI			Ben Cowles 2B,3B,SS - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#23	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#219	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#225	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#396	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#226	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Cowles for LuJames Groover (2026)

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