Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Mickey Moniak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 105	‐
VBR	# 120	# 424

Projections

Runs	26	19
Home Runs	9	5
RBI	28	20
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.261	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 97	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	217	42

Runs	31	4

Hits	60	8

Singles	31	5

Doubles	11	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	15	1

RBI	40	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	2

Strikeouts	59	12

Batting Average	.277	.191

On Base Pct	.323	.217

Slugging Pct	.562	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.886	.527

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	177	147

Runs	26	19

Hits	46	35

Singles	26	22

Doubles	9	7

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	28	20

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	15

Strikeouts	47	33

Batting Average	.261	.238

On Base Pct	.308	.313

Slugging Pct	.486	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Mickey Moniak. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-5 in Thursday's 14-4 win over the Marlins with a home run, a double, three runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-4 in a 6-3 win over the Marlins with a home run, a triple, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Mickey Moniak went 1-for-4 in loss to the Marlins with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	The Diamondbacks signed Max Kepler to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	The Rockies activated OF Mickey Moniak from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Mickey Moniak (2026)

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