Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Santiago Espinal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
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	# 371	# 444

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


At Bats	56	48

Runs	5	4

Hits	15	8

Singles	11	5

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	5

Strikeouts	8	11

Batting Average	.268	.167

On Base Pct	.276	.259

Slugging Pct	.375	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	.530

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


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

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
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
News
	The Diamondbacks signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Santiago Espinal has been granted his release by the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI			LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#255	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#255
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#97	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#68	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#79	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#278	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#265	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#265
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#85	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#85
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#244	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#244
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#61	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#61
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#274	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#274
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#160	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#338	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#338
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#48	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#77	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#153	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#213	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#121	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#263	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#310	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#310
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#107	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#16	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#52	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#278	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#226	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#226
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#50	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#353	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#353
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#114	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#77	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#77
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#25	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#25
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#87	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#87
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#15	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#178	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#178
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#156	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#156
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#45
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#121	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#85	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#85
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#46	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#46
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#190	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#190
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#326	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#326
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#131	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#131
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#221	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#221
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#197	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#197
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#136
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#101	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#201	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#201
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#61	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#61
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#116	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#116
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#105	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#105
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#66
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#55	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#55
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#274	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#274
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#352	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#352
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#254	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#254
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#62

Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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