Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 325	‐
VBR	# 575	# 1315

Projections

Runs	9	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	7	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.230	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	317	48

Runs	35	4

Hits	71	8

Singles	49	5

Doubles	15	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	26	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	37	5

Strikeouts	57	11

Batting Average	.224	.167

On Base Pct	.307	.259

Slugging Pct	.328	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.635	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	73	4

Runs	9	0

Hits	17	1

Singles	11	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	7	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Batting Average	.230	.233

On Base Pct	.307	.261

Slugging Pct	.348	.274

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
News
	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	The D-backs have optioned infielder LuJames Groover to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of LuJames Groover. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			LuJames Groover 1B,3B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

LuJames Groover for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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