Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 333	‐
VBR	# 1225	# 424

Projections

Runs	6	19
Home Runs	1	5
RBI	6	20
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 359	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 270	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	78	47

Runs	10	4

Hits	20	10

Singles	13	6

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	6	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	2	2

Strikeouts	16	12

Batting Average	.256	.213

On Base Pct	.281	.235

Slugging Pct	.397	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	49	147

Runs	6	19

Hits	12	35

Singles	8	22

Doubles	2	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	6	20

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	15

Strikeouts	12	33

Batting Average	.237	.238

On Base Pct	.272	.313

Slugging Pct	.369	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Javier Baez will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has begun playing defense in addition to a hitting and running program he began on July 1. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has initiated a running and hitting program. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) is completing daily rehab after a brief shutdown. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Max Kepler (2026)

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