Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Pavin Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	‐	# 1134

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 288	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 412	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	78	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Batting Average	.141	‐

On Base Pct	.236	‐

Slugging Pct	.192	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.428	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	7

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	2

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Batting Average	‐	.233

On Base Pct	‐	.336

Slugging Pct	‐	.293

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Gavin Lux hit off Griffin Jax in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	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
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#269	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#266
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#177	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs DET	Ty Madden	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#353
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#353	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#340	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#193
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#179
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#147	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#295	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#104
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#199
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
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 (5-8)	#56
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#385
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Pavin Smith (2026)

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