Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	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	# 139	‐
VBR	# 154	# 962

Projections

Runs	24	14
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	19	12
Stolen Bases	8	1
Batting Average	.276	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 77	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	# 338

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	‐

Runs	39	‐

Hits	84	‐

Singles	50	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	6	‐

Home Runs	10	‐

RBI	53	‐

Stolen Bases	16	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	18	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Batting Average	.298	‐

On Base Pct	.345	‐

Slugging Pct	.511	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	166	113

Runs	24	14

Hits	46	28

Singles	32	19

Doubles	8	6

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	19	12

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	14

Strikeouts	32	29

Batting Average	.276	.248

On Base Pct	.332	.331

Slugging Pct	.423	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.694

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 14-4 win over the Marlins with a home run, three runs scored, four RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs DET	Ty Madden	#270
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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