Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 305	‐
VBR	‐	# 384

Projections

Runs	4	15
Home Runs	1	4
RBI	3	15
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.245	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 350	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 216	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	142	87

Runs	20	8

Hits	40	19

Singles	30	11

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	7	15

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	10	9

Strikeouts	33	20

Batting Average	.282	.218

On Base Pct	.336	.286

Slugging Pct	.387	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.642

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	25	115

Runs	4	15

Hits	6	27

Singles	5	17

Doubles	1	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	3	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	12

Strikeouts	8	26

Batting Average	.245	.237

On Base Pct	.339	.314

Slugging Pct	.347	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Blake Dunn will undergo elbow surgery. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Max Kepler went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the Diamondbacks 3-2 loss against the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Blake Dunn suffered a setback before being sent on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 6-5 win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Blake Dunn is slated to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Blake Dunn took batting practice on the field Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Blake Dunn hit off a tee on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Max Kepler (2026)

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