Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 424	‐

Projections

Runs	19	2
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.238	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	47	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	10	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.213	‐

On Base Pct	.235	‐

Slugging Pct	.340	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	11

Runs	19	2

Hits	35	3

Singles	22	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	33	4

Batting Average	.238	.238

On Base Pct	.313	.333

Slugging Pct	.396	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.762

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
News
	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	Twins outfield prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez (thumb) has been throwing from 105 feet and has begun hitting off a tee and in soft toss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Emmanuel Rodriguez will have sutures removed from his thumb on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Emmanuel Rodriguez was back in the Triple-A St. Paul dugout on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Emmanuel Rodriguez will be forced to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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	The Minnesota Twins have placed Emmanuel Rodriguez on the minor league 7-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
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			Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#233
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for Max Kepler (2026)

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