Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Nolan Gorman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 321
VBR	# 1327	# 1210

Projections

Runs	0	4
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	0	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.233	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 240

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	# 465

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	48	201

Runs	4	19

Hits	8	39

Singles	5	28

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	7

RBI	4	26

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	5	25

Strikeouts	11	74

Batting Average	.167	.194

On Base Pct	.259	.280

Slugging Pct	.271	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.530	.598

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	4	30

Runs	0	4

Hits	1	6

Singles	1	4

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	0	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	4

Strikeouts	1	11

Batting Average	.233	.198

On Base Pct	.260	.288

Slugging Pct	.275	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.535	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL
News
	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a home run, a run scored, an RBI and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a solo home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th
	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	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 2nd
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-4 in win over the Pirates with a home run, a run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 29th
		Nolan Gorman went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, three RBI and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Apr 18th
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			Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#23	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#219	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#225	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#365	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#138
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#396	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#226	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#88
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Nolan Gorman (2026)

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