Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Sam Antonacci (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Antonacci 2B,3B,LF - CWS	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	# 122	‐
VBR	# 109	# 1274

Projections

Runs	13	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	10	0
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.260	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Antonacci 2B,3B,LF - CWS	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	394	48

Runs	68	4

Hits	104	8

Singles	74	5

Doubles	19	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	40	4

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	7	0

Walks	37	5

Strikeouts	73	11

Batting Average	.264	.167

On Base Pct	.362	.259

Slugging Pct	.388	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Antonacci 2B,3B,LF - CWS	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	3

Runs	13	0

Hits	23	1

Singles	16	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	10	0

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Batting Average	.260	.240

On Base Pct	.354	.272

Slugging Pct	.377	.288

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.561

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Antonacci 2B,3B,LF - CWS	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
News
	Sam Antonacci went 0-for-4 in a win over the Twins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Sam Antonacci went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 11-7 win over the Rangers with one double, one triple, three runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer 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
	Sam Antonacci went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cubs with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Sam Antonacci went 3-for-5 in a 5-0 win over the Reds with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Sam Antonacci went 1-for-4 in a 6-5 win over the Yankees with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Antonacci 2B,3B,LF - CWS			LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Sam Antonacci (2026)

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