Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Michael Helman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Michael Helman CF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 962	# 1317

Projections

Runs	14	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.248	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 382

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 338	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	30

Runs	‐	2

Hits	‐	5

Singles	‐	3

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	2

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Batting Average	‐	.167

On Base Pct	‐	.235

Slugging Pct	‐	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	19

Runs	14	2

Hits	28	4

Singles	19	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	29	5

Batting Average	.248	.212

On Base Pct	.331	.271

Slugging Pct	.363	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.694	.595

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Michael Helman CF - TEX
News
	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Rangers transferred OF Michael Helman to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Michael Helman suffered multiple fractures in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 14th
	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Rangers recalled Michael Helman from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Rangers optioned outfielder Michael Helman to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Gavin Lux is scheduled to face Craig Kimbrel in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th	Rangers outfielder Michael Helman will see time at shortstop in camp, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 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
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB			Michael Helman CF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#270	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Michael Helman (2026)

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