Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	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	# 110	‐
VBR	# 132	# 424

Projections

Runs	29	19
Home Runs	11	5
RBI	33	20
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.239	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 91	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 149	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	279	47

Runs	36	4

Hits	64	10

Singles	33	6

Doubles	16	3

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	42	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	29	2

Strikeouts	102	12

Batting Average	.229	.213

On Base Pct	.313	.235

Slugging Pct	.437	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	211	147

Runs	29	19

Hits	51	35

Singles	28	22

Doubles	10	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	5

RBI	33	20

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	15

Strikeouts	71	33

Batting Average	.239	.238

On Base Pct	.326	.313

Slugging Pct	.449	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Kyle Stowers went 4-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Kyle Stowers went 3-for-6 with a triple, a double, two runs scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 14-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-2 with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Sunday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Max Kepler (2026)

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