Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Nolan Arenado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 172	# 1216

Projections

Runs	11	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.247	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 147	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	438	‐

Runs	64	‐

Hits	105	‐

Singles	62	‐

Doubles	21	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	21	‐

RBI	65	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	43	‐

Strikeouts	102	‐

Batting Average	.240	‐

On Base Pct	.316	‐

Slugging Pct	.436	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	16

Runs	11	2

Hits	21	4

Singles	14	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	16	4

Batting Average	.247	.245

On Base Pct	.309	.321

Slugging Pct	.398	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Gavin Lux hit off Griffin Jax in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Nolan Arenado is back in the Diamondbacks lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Nolan Arenado is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Nolan Arenado said he believes he strained his intercostal muscle Sunday and will undergo an MRI. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Nolan Arenado was removed from Sunday's game early due to left trunk discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Nolan Arenado (2026)

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