Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1327	# 1178

Projections

Runs	0	2
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	0	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.233	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	48	23

Runs	4	2

Hits	8	3

Singles	5	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	4	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	11	11

Batting Average	.167	.130

On Base Pct	.259	.167

Slugging Pct	.271	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.530	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	4	17

Runs	0	2

Hits	1	4

Singles	1	2

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	0	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	1	5

Batting Average	.233	.231

On Base Pct	.260	.275

Slugging Pct	.275	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.535	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
News
	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Shay Whitcomb was claimed off waivers by the Giants on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th
	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 Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	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	The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
		The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
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			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#219	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#155
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#148
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#225	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#408
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#267
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#172
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#365	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#408
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#408
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#396	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#148
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#164
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#235
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#226	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#259
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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