Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 198	‐
VBR	# 413	# 424

Projections

Runs	17	19
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	16	20
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.242	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 168	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 221	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 189	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	42

Runs	28	4

Hits	54	8

Singles	31	5

Doubles	11	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	33	8

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	53	12

Batting Average	.239	.191

On Base Pct	.276	.217

Slugging Pct	.443	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.527

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	147

Runs	17	19

Hits	32	35

Singles	20	22

Doubles	7	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	16	20

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	15

Strikeouts	31	33

Batting Average	.242	.238

On Base Pct	.292	.313

Slugging Pct	.398	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) will play five innings for Triple-A Columbus in a rehab assignment on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Angel Martinez took batting practice on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Angel Martinez has begun playing catch and hitting off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Angel Martinez (foot) has been placed on the 10-day IL ahead of Tuesday's game in Milwaukee. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	According to Guardians skipper Stephen Vogt, there is a "slight chance" that outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) could be available off the bench for Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	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
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Max Kepler (2026)

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