Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 363	# 1279

Projections

Runs	17	4
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	17	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.239	.197

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	# 452

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


At Bats	68	89

Runs	7	14

Hits	16	14

Singles	9	7

Doubles	5	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	14	11

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	5	10

Strikeouts	14	22

Batting Average	.235	.157

On Base Pct	.280	.250

Slugging Pct	.397	.258

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.508

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


At Bats	128	33

Runs	17	4

Hits	31	6

Singles	19	5

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	17	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	29	10

Batting Average	.239	.197

On Base Pct	.314	.282

Slugging Pct	.401	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.559

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
News
	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	The Brewers recalled OF Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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 Perkins was optioned to Triple-A Nashville ahead of Tuesday's doubleheader. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	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 Perkins went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Phillies with a double and a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Blake Perkins went 0-for-3 in a win over the Twins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Brewers are expected to recall Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
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			Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Max Kepler (2026)

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