Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for LuJames Groover (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	48	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.167	‐

On Base Pct	.259	‐

Slugging Pct	.271	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.530	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


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Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	LuJames Groover went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 9-4 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Grae Kessinger is expected to be sidelined for at least 8-12 weeks after being diagnosed with a significant left hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	LuJames Groover went 1-for-3 with an RBI single on Saturday as the Diamondbacks suffered a 6-1 loss to the Nationals. David Leisering Sat, Jun 6th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#387
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#231	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#256	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#395
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#393	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#389	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#395	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#262
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#272	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#281
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#329	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#393
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#254	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#374
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#354
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#238
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#354	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#235
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#396	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#303	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#342	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#303
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#102	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#218	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#330	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#309
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#390	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#388	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#391
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97

Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for LuJames Groover (2026)

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