Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Mike Trout (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	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	# 73	‐
VBR	# 84	# 411

Projections

Runs	28	16
Home Runs	10	4
RBI	24	16
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.245	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	324	76

Runs	63	8

Hits	79	19

Singles	45	11

Doubles	16	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	18	2

RBI	40	15

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	75	7

Strikeouts	99	17

Batting Average	.244	.250

On Base Pct	.393	.306

Slugging Pct	.460	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.853	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	158	123

Runs	28	16

Hits	39	29

Singles	22	19

Doubles	6	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	24	16

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	29	13

Strikeouts	53	27

Batting Average	.245	.239

On Base Pct	.376	.316

Slugging Pct	.479	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	Mike Trout went 4-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Giants with one double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Mike Trout went 0-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Mike Trout went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Mike Trout (hamstring) has been activated from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) is on track to return from the injured list on Wednesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Max Kepler for Mike Trout (2026)

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