Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Royce Lewis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	‐
VBR	# 82	# 1318

Projections

Runs	11	0
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	12	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.243	.103

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 149	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 148	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	377	48

Runs	46	4

Hits	87	8

Singles	53	5

Doubles	20	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	46	4

Stolen Bases	14	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	35	5

Strikeouts	103	11

Batting Average	.231	.167

On Base Pct	.298	.259

Slugging Pct	.393	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	83	3

Runs	11	0

Hits	20	0

Singles	13	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	21	1

Batting Average	.243	.103

On Base Pct	.305	.140

Slugging Pct	.423	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.290

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
News
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-4 loss to the White Sox with a stolen base and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 29th	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Athletics with a stolen base. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 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
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 6-4 win over Atlanta on Wednesday with one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 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
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Brewers on Saturday with a double, two RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 9th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday with a home run, a walk, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN			LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#224
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#425
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#360
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Royce Lewis (2026)

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