Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1138	# 1315

Projections

Runs	8	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	7	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.242	.152

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 336	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	23

Runs	‐	2

Hits	‐	3

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	2

RBI	‐	5

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	11

Batting Average	‐	.130

On Base Pct	‐	.167

Slugging Pct	‐	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	62	7

Runs	8	1

Hits	15	1

Singles	11	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	16	2

Batting Average	.242	.152

On Base Pct	.326	.226

Slugging Pct	.347	.219

On-base Plus Slugging	.673	.445

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
News
	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	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 optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Gavin Lux is scheduled to face Craig Kimbrel in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th	Shay Whitcomb was seen in the Astros clubhouse on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#266
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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