Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Ronald Acuna Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 24	# 284
VBR	# 11	# 319

Projections

Runs	35	18
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	26	16
Stolen Bases	10	1
Batting Average	.276	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 268

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 225

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	195	224

Runs	31	26

Hits	49	65

Singles	31	49

Doubles	10	11

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	22	18

Stolen Bases	15	0

Caught Stealing	7	1

Walks	35	13

Strikeouts	52	36

Batting Average	.251	.290

On Base Pct	.373	.342

Slugging Pct	.421	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	180	144

Runs	35	18

Hits	50	38

Singles	31	27

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	26	16

Stolen Bases	10	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	30	12

Strikeouts	46	25

Batting Average	.276	.264

On Base Pct	.387	.323

Slugging Pct	.489	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.876	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
News
	Ronald Acuna Jr. could return from the injured list to rejoin the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. went 1-for-3 with a walk on Saturday in a rehab game for Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. (hamstring) may not be activated this weekend. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th
	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Ronald Acuña Jr. could be activated from the 10-day injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. reached twice Saturday with a single and a walk in a rehab game for Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL			Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Ronald Acuna Jr. (2026)

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