Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	# 284
VBR	# 521	# 335

Projections

Runs	18	20
Home Runs	3	4
RBI	15	18
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.243	.265

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 199	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	# 225

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	119	202

Runs	12	23

Hits	30	57

Singles	19	44

Doubles	10	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	5

RBI	9	18

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	12

Strikeouts	45	34

Batting Average	.252	.282

On Base Pct	.308	.336

Slugging Pct	.353	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	155

Runs	18	20

Hits	31	41

Singles	21	29

Doubles	6	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	15	18

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	13

Strikeouts	36	28

Batting Average	.243	.265

On Base Pct	.326	.325

Slugging Pct	.375	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
News
	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	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
	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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
	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI			Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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