Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 262	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 244	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 306	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	132

Runs	14	11

Hits	20	27

Singles	13	18

Doubles	3	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	10	15

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	11

Strikeouts	53	32

Batting Average	.167	.205

On Base Pct	.259	.262

Slugging Pct	.292	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.551	.565

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - FA
News
	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th	The Diamondbacks released OF Max Kepler. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Diamondbacks designated Max Kepler for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th
	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th	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
	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	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
	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN			Max Kepler LF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#260
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#245
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#190
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#270
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#237
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#88
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#186
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#239
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#239
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#233
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#106
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#146
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#162
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#255
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Max Kepler (2026)

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