Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 377	# 1206

Projections

Runs	19	5
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	19	5
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.238	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	2

Runs	5	1

Hits	12	1

Singles	7	0

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	13	1

Batting Average	.235	.500

On Base Pct	.281	.667

Slugging Pct	.412	2.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	2.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	144	46

Runs	19	5

Hits	34	11

Singles	22	7

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	19	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	32	13

Batting Average	.238	.236

On Base Pct	.314	.285

Slugging Pct	.396	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
News
	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	Bryan De La Cruz went 1-for-2 with a solo homer and a walk in Wednesday's 9-5 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	The Phillies recalled Bryan De La Cruz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Phillies are expected to call up Bryan De La Cruz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Bryan De La Cruz signed a Major League deal with the Phillies on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th
	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Phillies reassigned OF Bryan De La Cruz to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
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			Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for Max Kepler (2026)

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