Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Nathan Lukes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 284	‐
VBR	# 285	# 1245

Projections

Runs	21	6
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	19	5
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.264	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	202	53

Runs	23	4

Hits	57	9

Singles	44	8

Doubles	8	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	18	6

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	4

Strikeouts	34	24

Batting Average	.282	.170

On Base Pct	.336	.228

Slugging Pct	.396	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	160	46

Runs	21	6

Hits	42	10

Singles	30	7

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	19	5

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	3

Strikeouts	29	16

Batting Average	.264	.226

On Base Pct	.325	.291

Slugging Pct	.390	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.663

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
News
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Nathan Lukes (2026)

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