Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for LuJames Groover (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1296	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.199	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	48	18

Runs	4	3

Hits	8	2

Singles	5	0

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Batting Average	.167	.111

On Base Pct	.259	.200

Slugging Pct	.271	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.530	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.199	‐

On Base Pct	.296	‐

Slugging Pct	.248	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.543	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	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	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	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 Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
		Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#242	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for LuJames Groover (2026)

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