Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 186	# 381

Projections

Runs	23	17
Home Runs	6	5
RBI	21	18
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.238	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	261	60

Runs	34	7

Hits	53	13

Singles	38	7

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	25	12

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	37	5

Strikeouts	79	13

Batting Average	.203	.217

On Base Pct	.303	.269

Slugging Pct	.303	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.606	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	165	133

Runs	23	17

Hits	39	32

Singles	24	20

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	21	18

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	17	14

Strikeouts	48	30

Batting Average	.238	.238

On Base Pct	.310	.314

Slugging Pct	.410	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-5 in a win over the Giants with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run, one walk, one stolen base, and four runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 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
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 30th	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Max Kepler (2026)

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