LuJames GrooverARI · 1B

2026 review

LuJames Groover got a short big-league look and mostly swung through it, going 8-for-48 with 2 2B and 1 HR, hitting .167 and slugging .271 in 48 AB while posting an OBP of .259, a 20.4 K% and a 9.3 BB% over 54 PA. His contract was selected Jun 5, he played 14 games and 52 PA that month against just 1 game and 2 PA in Jul, and he was optioned Jul 5. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 667, he finished 1353rd of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank and 53rd of 65 first basemen. The read on him moved fast: in early Jun the TDK LABS card liked the hard-hit signal on a call-up with no track record yet, by mid-Jun it had the bat gone quiet with the corner picture crowded and him ceding starts against righties, and by early Jul it was flagging a power flash undercut by a spot role and early benching.