Who Should I Trade?

Harrison Bader for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 374

Projections

Runs	6	15
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	6	15
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 348	# 295

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 214	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	106	85

Runs	10	8

Hits	18	19

Singles	8	11

Doubles	5	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	14	15

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	9

Strikeouts	34	20

Batting Average	.170	.224

On Base Pct	.198	.292

Slugging Pct	.359	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.557	.656

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	47	115

Runs	6	15

Hits	11	27

Singles	8	17

Doubles	2	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	6	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	4	12

Strikeouts	13	26

Batting Average	.237	.237

On Base Pct	.317	.313

Slugging Pct	.376	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.694	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	The Giants have suspended payment to outfielder Harrison Bader (foot) as they continue to investigate a scooter accident in which the veteran re-injured his ailing foot. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Giants’ manager Tony Vitello told reporters on Thursday that Harrison Bader will miss the remainder of the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	The Giants say Harrison Bader had a scooter accident "on Saturday night/early Sunday morning" and further injured his left foot. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Giants outfielder Harrison Bader (foot) is expected to be back this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Giants outfielder Harrison Bader (foot) will see a specialist about his continued discomfort. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#364	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#161	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Harrison Bader for Max Kepler (2026)

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