Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 124	‐
VBR	# 129	# 424

Projections

Runs	23	19
Home Runs	0	5
RBI	14	20
Stolen Bases	16	1
Batting Average	.282	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 106	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 108	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 153	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	341	47

Runs	41	4

Hits	95	10

Singles	79	6

Doubles	10	3

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	18	9

Stolen Bases	23	0

Caught Stealing	11	0

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	34	12

Batting Average	.279	.213

On Base Pct	.313	.235

Slugging Pct	.343	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.656	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	179	147

Runs	23	19

Hits	50	35

Singles	42	22

Doubles	6	7

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	0	5

RBI	14	20

Stolen Bases	16	1

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	10	15

Strikeouts	21	33

Batting Average	.282	.238

On Base Pct	.318	.313

Slugging Pct	.343	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Chandler Simpson is back in the Rays lineup on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Chandler Simpson is not in the Rays lineup on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#287	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Max Kepler (2026)

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