Who Should I Trade?

Johnathan Rodriguez for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 363	‐

Projections

Runs	17	3
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	17	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.239	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	68	11

Runs	7	0

Hits	16	2

Singles	9	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	14	6

Batting Average	.235	.182

On Base Pct	.280	.333

Slugging Pct	.397	.273

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.606

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	23

Runs	17	3

Hits	31	6

Singles	19	4

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	17	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	2

Strikeouts	29	6

Batting Average	.239	.239

On Base Pct	.314	.300

Slugging Pct	.401	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
News
	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	The Orioles have traded outfielder Johnathan Rodriguez to the Pirates in exchange for cash considerations. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	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	The Orioles designated Johnathan Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	The Orioles recalled Johnathan Rodriguez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Orioles placed Johnathan Rodriguez on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Orioles optioned OF Johnathan Rodriguez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI			Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Johnathan Rodriguez for Max Kepler (2026)

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