Who Should I Trade?

Jonatan Clase for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 405	# 1192

Projections

Runs	19	7
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	19	6
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.238	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	35	17

Runs	3	4

Hits	7	6

Singles	4	4

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	8	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	10	5

Batting Average	.200	.353

On Base Pct	.211	.421

Slugging Pct	.343	.706

On-base Plus Slugging	.553	1.127

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	56

Runs	19	7

Hits	34	12

Singles	22	8

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	19	6

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	5

Strikeouts	32	17

Batting Average	.238	.217

On Base Pct	.315	.285

Slugging Pct	.399	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
News
	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	Blue Jays outfielder Jonatan Clase went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and an additional run scored in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Blue Jays have recalled outfielder Jonatan Clase from Triple-A Buffalo. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Blue Jays have optioned outfielder Jonatan Clase to Triple-A Buffalo. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI			Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#181	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#160
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jonatan Clase for Max Kepler (2026)

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