Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Matt Shaw (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 484	# 1185

Projections

Runs	6	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	5	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.244	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 317	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 259	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	‐

Runs	23	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	20	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.438	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.767	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	14

Runs	6	2

Hits	11	3

Singles	7	2

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	10	4

Batting Average	.244	.257

On Base Pct	.319	.332

Slugging Pct	.395	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Matt Shaw went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 17-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 1st	Gavin Lux hit off Griffin Jax in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Cubs activated INF/OF Matt Shaw from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 28th	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Matt Shaw went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in a rehab game for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Matt Shaw is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#250
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Matt Shaw (2026)

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