Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Max Kepler (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 50	# 415

Projections

Runs	31	19
Home Runs	10	5
RBI	35	20
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.275	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	363	39

Runs	51	3

Hits	99	8

Singles	60	5

Doubles	23	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	1

RBI	67	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	33	1

Strikeouts	61	11

Batting Average	.273	.205

On Base Pct	.338	.214

Slugging Pct	.466	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.803	.548

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	230	148

Runs	31	19

Hits	63	35

Singles	41	22

Doubles	12	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	5

RBI	35	20

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	15

Strikeouts	37	33

Batting Average	.275	.238

On Base Pct	.335	.315

Slugging Pct	.455	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Brewers with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 8-0 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in the win over the Cubs with one RBI and one stolen base while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with four RBI and one run scored. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Alec Burleson went 1-for-5 in Thursday's win over Atlanta with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Alec Burleson is not in the Cardinals lineup on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Max Kepler has received an 80-game suspension for PED use as announced by Major League Baseball. The free-agent outfielder tested positive for Epitrenbolone, which is in violation of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Max Kepler (2026)

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