Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	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	# 345	‐
VBR	# 1233	# 424

Projections

Runs	6	19
Home Runs	1	5
RBI	5	20
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.225	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 295

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 293	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	47

Runs	13	4

Hits	21	10

Singles	12	6

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	11	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	31	12

Batting Average	.206	.213

On Base Pct	.305	.235

Slugging Pct	.324	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	47	147

Runs	6	19

Hits	11	35

Singles	7	22

Doubles	2	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	5	20

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	15

Strikeouts	15	33

Batting Average	.225	.238

On Base Pct	.299	.313

Slugging Pct	.343	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.642	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	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
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#368	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#350	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Max Kepler (2026)

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