Who Should I Trade?

Daylen Lile for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	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	# 102	‐
VBR	# 119	# 375

Projections

Runs	27	19
Home Runs	5	5
RBI	25	20
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.263	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 73	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 99	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 99	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	385	47

Runs	51	4

Hits	95	10

Singles	59	6

Doubles	21	3

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	49	9

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	25	2

Strikeouts	76	12

Batting Average	.247	.213

On Base Pct	.298	.235

Slugging Pct	.408	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.706	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	201	149

Runs	27	19

Hits	53	35

Singles	35	22

Doubles	10	7

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	25	20

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	14	15

Strikeouts	40	34

Batting Average	.263	.237

On Base Pct	.318	.313

Slugging Pct	.419	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Daylen Lile went 2-for-6 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, four RBI, and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Lile went 0-for-1 in a loss to the Yankees with a walk, a stolen base and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Daylen Lile went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Pirates with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Daylen Lile went 3-for-4 in win over the Pirates with two home runs, a double, two runs scored and four RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Daylen Lile went 4-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI, and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th	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
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Daylen Lile for Max Kepler (2026)

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