Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Willi Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	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	# 163	‐
VBR	# 172	# 1142

Projections

Runs	25	11
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.253	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 210	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	316	‐

Runs	44	‐

Hits	82	‐

Singles	58	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	43	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	95	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.327	‐

Slugging Pct	.392	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	87

Runs	25	11

Hits	44	21

Singles	29	15

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	47	22

Batting Average	.253	.246

On Base Pct	.327	.327

Slugging Pct	.402	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Brewers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-3 in Monday’s 7-3 loss to the Nationals with one double, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Willi Castro went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Giants with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Ty Madden	#289
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Willi Castro (2026)

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