Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Michael Grove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Michael Grove RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 257	‐
VBR	# 412	# 485

Projections

Strikeouts	21	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.76	4.16
WHIP	1.26	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	3.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	16	0

Hits Allowed	31	1

Earned Runs	14	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	35	4

Walks	6	0

ERA	4.61	0.00

WHIP	1.35	0.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.4	15.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	18	15

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	16

Walks	7	5

ERA	3.76	4.16

WHIP	1.26	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Michael Grove RP - TB
News
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	The Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th	Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Michael Grove RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#75	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#95	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#133	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#133	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#95	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#169	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#385
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Michael Grove (2026)

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