Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	‐
VBR	# 87	# 1130

Projections

Runs	26	9
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	24	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.249	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 337

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	410	‐

Runs	64	‐

Hits	101	‐

Singles	74	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	87	‐

Strikeouts	103	‐

Batting Average	.246	‐

On Base Pct	.383	‐

Slugging Pct	.346	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	72

Runs	26	9

Hits	43	17

Singles	27	12

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	24	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	9

Strikeouts	46	19

Batting Average	.249	.241

On Base Pct	.351	.323

Slugging Pct	.427	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.669

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Taylor Ward has been acquired by the Seattle Mariners in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles according to Jeff Passan. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	Gavin Lux is scheduled to face Craig Kimbrel in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Taylor Ward (2026)

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