Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Newman for LuJames Groover (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

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Projections

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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	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
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	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Projections


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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	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
News
	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	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
	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 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			Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#251	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#121	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#114	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#247
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#76	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#261	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#52	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#242	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#208
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#185
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#154	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#130	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#247	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#309	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#154
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#108
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#108	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#257
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#3	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#71	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#25	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#3	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#172
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#358
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#187
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#114
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#65
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#286	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#233	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#205	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#189	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#114
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#50
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#237	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#211
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#41
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#20
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#130	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#205
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU	Miguel Ullola (1-0)	#226
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#296
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#349	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#216
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#243	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#257
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#337
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#48
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Newman for LuJames Groover (2026)

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