Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Gavin Lux (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1138	# 1229

Projections

Runs	11	5
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	10	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.245	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 339	# 395

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	53

Runs	‐	4

Hits	‐	9

Singles	‐	8

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	6

Stolen Bases	‐	2

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	24

Batting Average	‐	.170

On Base Pct	‐	.228

Slugging Pct	‐	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	42

Runs	11	5

Hits	22	10

Singles	15	6

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	10	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	3

Strikeouts	23	15

Batting Average	.245	.228

On Base Pct	.329	.295

Slugging Pct	.356	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
News
	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Gavin Lux is scheduled to face Craig Kimbrel in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th	Denzel Clarke has left his rehab assignment in Triple-A after sustaining a "significant left hamstring strain" on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Thu, May 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Gavin Lux (2026)

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