Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	‐
VBR	# 264	# 391

Projections

Runs	17	15
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	19	16
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.237	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	263	83

Runs	30	8

Hits	61	19

Singles	32	11

Doubles	12	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	2

RBI	43	15

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	27	8

Strikeouts	78	19

Batting Average	.232	.229

On Base Pct	.305	.290

Slugging Pct	.468	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	123	119

Runs	17	15

Hits	29	28

Singles	17	18

Doubles	6	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	19	16

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	12

Strikeouts	38	26

Batting Average	.237	.237

On Base Pct	.316	.313

Slugging Pct	.430	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Heriberto Hernandez went 0-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#362	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Max Kepler (2026)

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