Who Should I Trade?

Hector Rodriguez for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 424	# 1368

Projections

Runs	19	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.238	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
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	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	9

Runs	19	1

Hits	35	2

Singles	22	2

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	33	2

Batting Average	.238	.218

On Base Pct	.313	.273

Slugging Pct	.396	.284

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.557

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
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	Rodriguez hit 2-for-13 with one stolen base across nine Cactus League games this spring. Cincinnati optioned him to minor-league camp on Friday. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI			Hector Rodriguez LF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Hector Rodriguez for Max Kepler (2026)

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