Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for LuJames Groover (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 195	‐
VBR	# 1233	# 1305

Projections

Runs	1	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.194	.098

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 225	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 232	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	48

Runs	49	4

Hits	72	8

Singles	37	5

Doubles	17	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	48	4

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	5

Strikeouts	63	11

Batting Average	.253	.167

On Base Pct	.353	.259

Slugging Pct	.498	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.851	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	3

Runs	1	0

Hits	1	0

Singles	1	0

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	0

Strikeouts	1	1

Batting Average	.194	.098

On Base Pct	.260	.134

Slugging Pct	.306	.145

On-base Plus Slugging	.566	.279

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
News
	Curtis Mead played catch before Monday’s game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Curtis Mead played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#264
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#357	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#260	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#238
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#310
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#196	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#414
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#280	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#360
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#415
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for LuJames Groover (2026)

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