Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 424	# 1344

Projections

Runs	19	3
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	20	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.238	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	47	94

Runs	4	12

Hits	10	17

Singles	6	6

Doubles	3	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	9	10

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	3

Strikeouts	12	23

Batting Average	.213	.181

On Base Pct	.235	.222

Slugging Pct	.340	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	19

Runs	19	3

Hits	35	4

Singles	22	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	20	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	33	4

Batting Average	.238	.215

On Base Pct	.313	.259

Slugging Pct	.396	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	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	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Saturday as the Diamondbacks dropped a 6-4 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Sat, Apr 25th
	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	Alek Thomas went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base on Thursday as Arizona dropped a 4-1 decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SF
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Max Kepler (2026)

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