Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 283	‐
VBR	# 1093	# 1301

Projections

Runs	9	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	8	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.235	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	264	48

Runs	33	4

Hits	61	8

Singles	35	5

Doubles	20	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	35	4

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	31	5

Strikeouts	47	11

Batting Average	.231	.167

On Base Pct	.321	.259

Slugging Pct	.371	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	6

Runs	9	1

Hits	16	1

Singles	11	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	8	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	13	1

Batting Average	.235	.208

On Base Pct	.313	.311

Slugging Pct	.357	.254

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.566

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
News
	Nick Loftin went 2-for-2 in loss to the Dodgers with a double, one run scored and one stolen base while drawing two walks. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC			LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#235
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#39	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#203
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#202
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#420
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#378	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#313
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#408	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Nick Loftin (2026)

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