Who Should I Trade?

James Wood for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Wood 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	# 6	‐
VBR	# 11	# 411

Projections

Runs	34	16
Home Runs	11	4
RBI	31	16
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.265	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 295

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


At Bats	422	76

Runs	99	8

Hits	114	19

Singles	57	11

Doubles	26	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	30	2

RBI	72	15

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	89	7

Strikeouts	148	17

Batting Average	.270	.250

On Base Pct	.400	.306

Slugging Pct	.550	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.949	.714

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


At Bats	191	123

Runs	34	16

Hits	51	29

Singles	28	19

Doubles	11	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	4

RBI	31	16

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	31	13

Strikeouts	65	27

Batting Average	.265	.239

On Base Pct	.375	.316

Slugging Pct	.503	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.879	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	James Wood went 2-for-4 in a 10-7 win over the Diamondbacks with two home runs, two runs scored, three RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th	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
	James Wood went 1-for-2 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, two walks, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	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
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	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
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Yankees with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	James Wood went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Astros with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	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
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	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)	#48
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

James Wood for Max Kepler (2026)

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